後塵

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	dust; dirt; earth
trad. (後塵)		後	塵
simp. (后尘)		后	尘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ can⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-tîn / hō͘-tîn / āu-tîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuchén
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-chʻên²
    • Yale: hòu-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howchern
    • Palladius: хоучэнь (xoučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ can⁴
    • Yale: hauh chàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ tsan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ cen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-tîn
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-tîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-tîn
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-tîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tin²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-tîn
    • Tâi-lô: āu-tîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxdiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/

Noun

後塵

1. (formal) dust kicked up by somebody walking in front
2. (figurative) someone's footsteps
3. (figurative) course in life

Derived terms

• 步人後塵／步人后尘 (bùrénhòuchén)