後輩

See also: 后辈

Chinese
 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (後輩) 後 輩
simp. (后辈) 后 辈

Pronunciation

Noun

後輩

  1. younger generation; posterity; descendants
  2. juniors; inferiors
  3. (ACG) kohai

Synonyms
  • (younger generation, juniors): (literary) 後進／后进 (hòujìn)

Antonyms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (後輩):
  • → Japanese: 後輩(こうはい) (kōhai)
  • → Korean: 후배(後輩) (hubae)
  • → Vietnamese: hậu bối (後輩)

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
後 輩
こう
Grade: 2		 はい
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC ɦəuX|ɦəuH puʌiH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”).

First cited to a text from 827 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

後(こう)輩(はい) • (kōhai) ←こうはい (koufai)?

  1. [from 1913] a member of a younger class
  2. [from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
  3. [from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group

Antonyms

Descendants
  • → English: kohai, kouhai

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
後輩

Noun

後輩 • (hubae) (hangeul 후배)

  1. Hanja form? of 후배 (“one's junior in school, junior colleague”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
後輩

Noun

後輩

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