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Jyutping hau6 zeon3
Pinyin hòu jìn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. less advanced
  2. underdeveloped
  3. lagging behind
  4. the younger generation
  5. the less experienced ones
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    person or institution slow in progress
  2. noun, literary
    younger generation; posterity; descendants
    (syn.) 后辈, 後輩
  3. noun, literary
    juniors; inferiors
  4. adj
    backward; slow in progress; lagging behind
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 臺陸用法和差異
    「​後進​」​一詞​通常​用於​指​同行​中​,​年紀​較輕​或​資歷​較淺​的​人​,​或是​指​多排​房屋​中​,​後面​的​一排​。​而​在​大陸​,​「​後進​」​又​指​進步​較慢​、​水準​比較​低​的​,​例如​:​他​虛心​求學​,​幫助後進​,​贏得​同儕​的​敬佩​。
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    三日后进行补选。
    三日後進行補選。
    saam1 jat6 hau6 zeon3 hang4 bou2 syun2.
    • The by-election will be held three days later.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他大学毕业后进入体制工作。
    他大學畢業後進入體制工作。
    tā dà xué bì yè hòu jìn rù tǐ zhì gōng zuò .
    • He went to work in the public sector after graduating from college.