# 後輩
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hòubèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$ bui$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-pi / heu-phi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-pòe / hiō-pòe / āu-pòe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòubèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòubèi
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$-pei$^4$
*** Yale: hòu-bèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbey
*** Palladius: хоубэй (xoubɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$後備／后备 後背／后背 後輩／后辈
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$ bui$^3$
*** Yale: hauh bui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$ bui$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$ bui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²² puːi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-pi
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu bi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^4$ bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-phi
*** Hakka Romanization System: heu pi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: heu$^4$ pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-pòe
*** Tâi-lô: hōo-puè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoxpoex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-pòe
*** Tâi-lô: hiō-puè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hioixpoex
*** IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-pòe
*** Tâi-lô: āu-puè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: auxpoex
*** IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/

### Noun

後輩
* younger generation; posterity; descendants
* juniors; inferiors
* (ACG) kohai

#### Synonyms

* (younger generation):
* 下一代 (xià yīdài)
* 下勻／下匀 (Hokkien)
* 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
* 小輩子／小辈子 (xiao$^3$ bei$^4$ zi$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* 序細／序细 (Hokkien)
* 晚輩／晚辈 (wǎnbèi)
* 細輩／细辈 (soi$^3$ buê$^3$) (Teochew)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “younger generation”):
* 上一代 (shàng yīdài)
* 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
* 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
* 前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)
* 老人 (lǎorén)
* 老勻／老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)
* 長輩／长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 後輩(こうはい) (kōhai)
* → Korean: 후배(後輩) (hubae)
* → Vietnamese: hậu bối (後輩)

#### See also

* 後代／后代 (hòudài)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 後 | 輩 |
| こう Grade: 2 | はい Grade: S |
| kan'on ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”). Doublet of フベ (fube).
First cited to a text from 827 CE.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーはい [kòóháí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːha̠i]

### Noun

後(こう)輩(はい) • (kōhai)
* [from 1913] a member of a younger class
* [from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
* [from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group

#### Antonyms

* 先輩(せんぱい) (senpai)

#### Descendants

* → English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 後 | 輩 |

### Noun

後輩 • (hubae) (hangeul 후배)
* hanja form of 후배 (“one's junior in school, junior colleague”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 後 | 輩 |

### Noun

後輩
* chữ Hán form of hậu bối (“junior”).