# 後來
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hòulái
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$ loi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): heu-lòi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hêu$^4$ loi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hou$^3$ lai$^1$ / hou$^3$ lai$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): āu-lâi / ǎu-lâi / āu--lâi / hō͘-lâi / hiō-lâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ao$^6$ lai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$deu-le
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòulái
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòulái
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$-lai$^2$
*** Yale: hòu-lái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howlai
*** Palladius: хоулай (xoulaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$ loi$^4$
*** Yale: hauh lòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$ loi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$ loi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-lòi
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu loi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^4$ loi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hêu$^4$ loi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hou$^3$ lai$^1$ / hou$^3$ lai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵ lai¹¹/, /xəu⁴⁵ lai⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: āu-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: auxlaai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: ǎu-lâi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² lai²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu--lâi
*** Tâi-lô: āu--lâi
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: hōo-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxlaai
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-lâi
*** Tâi-lô: hiō-lâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hioixlaai
*** IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ao$^6$ lai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ău lâi
*** Sinological IPA : /au³⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$deu-le
*** MiniDict: deu$^去$ le
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$deu-le
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² le⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH loj
Rime :
| Character | 後 | 後 | 來 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 侯 (137) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | I |
| Fanqie | 胡口切 | 胡遘切 | 洛哀切 |
| Baxter | huwX | huwH | loj |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦəu$^X$/ | /ɦəu$^H$/ | /lʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦəu$^X$/ | /ɦəu$^H$/ | /ləi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣəu$^X$/ | /ɣəu$^H$/ | /lɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəw$^X$/ | /ɦəw$^H$/ | /ləj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣu$^X$/ | /ɣu$^H$/ | /lᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣəu$^X$/ | /ɣəu$^H$/ | /lɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣə̯u$^X$/ | /ɣə̯u$^H$/ | /lɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hòu | hòu | lái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau$^6$ | hau$^6$ | loi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ|[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ-s mə.rˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs m·rɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 後 | 後 | 來 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hòu | hòu | lái |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ huw$^X$ › | ‹ huw$^H$ › | ‹ loj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/ | /*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ-s/ | /*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə) |
| English | after | put after ? | come |
| 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 | 來 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 5178 | 5179 | 7598 |
| Phonetic component | 後 | 後 | 來 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 厚 | 𠋫 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢoːʔ/ | /*ɢoːs/ | /*m·rɯːɡ/ |
| Notes | 甲文象足受系而遲後（文源） | | |

### Noun

後來
* later; later on; afterwards
       ni$^1$ dung$^3$ lau$^{4-2}$ hai$^6$ hau$^6$ loi$^4$ hei$^2$ ge$^3$. [Jyutping]
       This building was built at a later point in time.
    From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 15
    Hòulái de shì wǒ jiù bù tài qīngchǔ le. [Pinyin]
    I am not too clear about what happened afterwards.
* (literary) people with less experience; younger generation
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
    Yí zhì bóshì, wèi lì xuéguān, yǐ zhù hòulái, yǐ guǎng shèngyì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Tang dynasty, 唐文宗, 《賜李聽敕》
    Yù chuí lìngwèn, yǐ shì hòulái, juànyán xiūjiā, liáng duō yǒngtàn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Tang dynasty, 高彥休, 《唐闕史》
    Chéngxiàng tàibǎo Cuīgōng zhuāngyán hónghòu, qīngyǎ gōngzhōng, shànyòu hòulái, yǒu zuǒshí xǔguó zhī zhì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (later):
* 後嚟／后嚟 (Cantonese)
* 後尾／后尾 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
* 接著／接着 (jiēzhe)
* 既而 (jì'ér) (literary)
* 紲落／绁落 (Hokkien)
* 繼而／继而 (jì'ér) (formal)
* 落尾 (Hokkien)
* 落尾手 (Hokkien)
* 跟住 (gan$^1$ zyu$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 跟著／跟着 (gēnzhe)

#### Related terms

* 然後／然后 (ránhòu)
* 以後／以后 (yǐhòu)

### Verb

後來
* to arrive late

### Derived terms

* 後來之秀／后来之秀
* 後來人／后来人 (hòuláirén)
* 後來居上／后来居上 (hòuláijūshàng)