# 後事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hòushì
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$ si$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sṳ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-sīr / hō͘-sū / āu-sū
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòushì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòushìh
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: hòu-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howshyh
*** Palladius: хоуши (xouši)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$後世／后世 後事／后事
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$ si$^6$
*** Yale: hauh sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²² siː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^4$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-sīr
*** Tâi-lô: hiǒ-sīr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² sɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-sū
*** Tâi-lô: hōo-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsu
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ su³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sū
*** Tâi-lô: āu-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: auxsu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ su²²/
* Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH dzriH
Rime :
| Character | 後 | 後 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 侯 (137) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 胡口切 | 胡遘切 | 鉏吏切 |
| Baxter | huwX | huwH | dzriH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦəu$^X$/ | /ɦəu$^H$/ | /d͡ʒɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəu$^X$/ | /ɦəu$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣəu$^X$/ | /ɣəu$^H$/ | /d͡ʒie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəw$^X$/ | /ɦəw$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣu$^X$/ | /ɣu$^H$/ | /d͡ʒiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣəu$^X$/ | /ɣəu$^H$/ | /d͡ʒĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣə̯u$^X$/ | /ɣə̯u$^H$/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hòu | hòu | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^6$ | hau$^6$ | zi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ [m-s-]rəʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs zrɯs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 後 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hòu | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ huw$^X$ › | ‹ dzri$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/ | /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/ |
| English | after | serve; service, affair |
| 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 | 後 | 後 | 事 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5178 | 5179 | 11486 |
| Phonetic component | 後 | 後 | 史 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 厚 | 𠋫 | 事 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢoːʔ/ | /*ɢoːs/ | /*zrɯs/ |
| Notes | 甲文象足受系而遲後（文源） | | 史吏轉註字 |

### Noun

後事
* (literary) aftermath; future events
* (Can we verify this sense?) (archaic) successor
* funeral arrangements
    後事從簡／后事从简 ― hòushì cóngjiǎn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (funeral arrangements): 身後事／身后事 (shēnhòushì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 後 | 事 |
| こう Grade: 2 | じ Grade: 3 |

### Noun

後(こう)事(じ) • (kōji)
* future affairs, unfinished business
    彼(かれ　)に後事(　こうじ　)を託(　たく)す。
       Kare ni kōji o takusu.
       Ask him to see to my affairs.

#### Usage notes

Often used to refer to affairs or duties left unfinished after one's death.