後塵

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	dust; dirt; earth
trad. (後塵)		後	塵
simp. (后尘)		后	尘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòuchén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ can⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-tîn / hō͘-tîn / āu-tîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòuchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòuchén
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-chʻên²
  - Yale: hòu-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howchern
  - Palladius: хоучэнь (xoučɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ can⁴
  - Yale: hauh chàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ tsan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ cen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-tîn
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-tîn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-tîn
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-tîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tin²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-tîn
  - Tâi-lô: āu-tîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxdiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/

Noun

後塵

(formal) dust kicked up by somebody walking in front
(figurative) someone's footsteps
(figurative) course in life

Derived terms

步人後塵／步人后尘 (bùrénhòuchén)

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