百年之後

Chinese

		one hundred years; century; long time	in the time after ...; after; later in the time after ...; after; later; afterwards; afterwards; then
trad. (百年之後)		百年	之後
simp. (百年之后)		百年	之后
Literally: “after a hundred years”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎiniánzhīhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ nin⁴ zi¹ hau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiniánzhīhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiniánjhihhòu
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-nien²-chih¹-hou⁴
  - Yale: bǎi-nyán-jr̄-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baenianjyhow
  - Palladius: байняньчжихоу (bajnjanʹčžixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ nin⁴ zi¹ hau⁶
  - Yale: baak nìhn jī hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ nin⁴ dzi¹ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ nin⁴ ji¹ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ niːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

Middle Chinese: paek nen tsyi huwX

Rime
Character	百	年	之	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	泥 (8)	章 (23)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	先 (85)	之 (19)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	IV	III	I
Fanqie	博陌切	奴顚切	止而切	胡口切
Baxter	paek	nen	tsyi	huwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠæk̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/ɦəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚak̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/ɦəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pak̚/	/nɛn/	/t͡ɕie/	/ɣəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨjk̚/	/nɛn/	/cɨ/	/ɦəw^X/
Li Rong	/pɐk̚/	/nen/	/t͡ɕiə/	/ɣu^X/
Wang Li	/pɐk̚/	/nien/	/t͡ɕĭə/	/ɣəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɐk̚/	/nien/	/t͡ɕi/	/ɣə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	nián	zhī	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak¹	nin⁴	zi¹	hau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak C.nˤi[ŋ] tə [ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ niːŋ tjɯ ɢoːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	百	年	之	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎi	nián	zhī	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ pæk ›	‹ nen ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ huw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrak/	/*C.nˁi[ŋ]/	/*tə/	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/
English	hundred	harvest; year	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)	after
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	百	年	之	後
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
No.	194	9482	17188	5178
Phonetic component	白	秊	之	後
Rime group	鐸	眞	之	侯
Rime subdivision	0	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	伯		之	厚
Old Chinese	/*praːɡ/	/*niːŋ/	/*tjɯ/	/*ɢoːʔ/
Notes		同秊		甲文象足受系而遲後（文源）

Idiom

百年之後

(euphemistic) after somebody's death; when someone has passed away
- 為存者立廟，使視其先人。魂而有靈，吾百年之後何恨哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  为存者立庙，使视其先人。魂而有灵，吾百年之后何恨哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 202, 曹操 (Cao Cao),《軍譙令》
  Wèi cún zhě lì miào, shǐ shì qí xiānrén. Hún ér yǒu líng, wú bǎinián zhīhòu hé hèn zāi! [Pinyin]
  I built the temple for the survivors so that they can pay their respects to their ancestors. If the souls know this, what would I regret after hundred years?