後任

See also: 后任

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (後任)		後	任
simp. (后任)		后	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòurèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): āu-jīm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòurèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòurèn
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: hòu-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howrenn
    • Palladius: хоужэнь (xoužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: āu-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxjim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻²² d͡zim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ d͡zim³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ zim³³/

Noun

後任

1. successor

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	任
こう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーにん [kòóníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

後(こう)任(にん) • (kōnin) 

1. successor

   彼(かれ)は後任(こうにん)として足立(あだち)さんを指名(しめい)した。

   Kare wa kōnin to shite Adachi-san o shimei shita.

   He appointed Ms. Adachi as his successor.

Antonyms

• 前任, 先任

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.