粵

後hau6生saang1

simp后生
hau6 saang1hòu shēng

English

  1. young generation
  2. (noun) junior
  3. young generation (from the perspective of an older person)
  4. young
  5. youth
  6. young man

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 老一輩嘅人用嚟講後輩、細過自己嘅世代、後輩
  2. 歲數細,仲喺青少年嘅階段

Examples

  • 後生仔

    young man

  • 後生女

    young lady; young woman

  • 打壞後生

    feeble young people

  • 佢後生嗰陣好靚。

    She was beautiful when she was young.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我後生嗰陣食煙。

    I smoked when I was young.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • Tom望落幾後生。

    Tom looks pretty young.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 而家啲後生好反叛㗎。

    Young people nowadays are very rebellious.

  • 佢後生嗰陣好勤力做嘢。

    In his younger days he worked very hard.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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