百年之後

Chinese

		one hundred years; century; long time	in the time after ...; after; later in the time after ...; after; later; afterwards; afterwards; then
trad. (百年之後)		百年	之後
simp. (百年之后)		百年	之后
Literally: “after hundred years”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiniánzhīhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ nin⁴ zi¹ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiniánzhīhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiniánjhihhòu
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-nien²-chih¹-hou⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-nyán-jr̄-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baenianjyhow
    • Palladius: байняньчжихоу (bajnjanʹčžixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ nin⁴ zi¹ hau⁶
    • Yale: baak nìhn jī hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ nin⁴ dzi¹ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ nin⁴ ji¹ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ niːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: paek nen tsyi huwX|huwH

Rime
Character	百	年	之	後	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	泥 (8)	章 (23)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	先 (85)	之 (19)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV	III	I	I
Fanqie	博陌切	奴顚切	止而切	胡口切	胡遘切
Baxter	paek	nen	tsyi	huwX	huwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠæk̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚak̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/pak̚/	/nɛn/	/t͡ɕie/	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨjk̚/	/nɛn/	/cɨ/	/ɦəwX/	/ɦəwH/
Li Rong	/pɐk̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕiə/	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/
Wang Li	/pɐk̚/	/nien/	/t͡ɕĭə/	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɐk̚/	/nien/	/t͡ɕi/	/ɣə̯uX/	/ɣə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	nián	zhī	hòu	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak1	nin4	zi1	hau6	hau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak  C.nˤi[ŋ]  tə  [ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ|[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ  niːŋ  tjɯ  ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	百	年	之	之	後	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎi	nián	zhī	zhī	hòu	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ pæk ›	‹ nen ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ huwX ›	‹ huwH ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak/	/*C.nˁi[ŋ]/	/*tə/	/*tə/	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ-s/
English	hundred	harvest; year	go to	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)	after	put after ?
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	百	年	之	後	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	194	9482	17188	5178	5179
Phonetic component	白	秊	之	後	後
Rime group	鐸	眞	之	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	2	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	伯		之	厚	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*praːɡ/	/*niːŋ/	/*tjɯ/	/*ɢoːʔ/	/*ɢoːs/
Notes		同秊		甲文象足受系而遲後（文源）

Idiom

百年之後

1. (euphemistic) after somebody's death; when somebody has passed away

   • 為存者立廟，使視其先人。魂而有靈，吾百年之後何恨哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     为存者立庙，使视其先人。魂而有灵，吾百年之后何恨哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 202, Cao Cao, 軍譙令

     Wèi cún zhě lì miào, shǐ shì qí xiānrén. Hún ér yǒu líng, wú bǎi nián zhīhòu hé hèn zāi! [Pinyin]

     I built the temple for the survivors so that they can pay their respects to their ancestors. If the souls know this, what would I regret after hundred years?