Mandarin equivalent of 後尾 (in the end)?

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In Cantonese, you often say "後尾" to mean "in the end."

What's the Mandarin equivalent of 後尾? Is it 最後？

I think 後尾 means 之後 (after); and "in the end." in Cantonese is "最後" — Tang Ho, Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 7:06
后尾 bkrs:后面，次序在后的部分。如：「这主角开头表演得极为精彩，但到了后尾，却表现不佳。」后面；末尾。at the end 在终点; 终了时; 最终，最后后尾儿后尾布局后尾式后尾式构型后尾灯线束总成后尾箱后尾翼 ichacha:后尾灯 qf125-w-w; qf150-e-w; tail lamp 后尾儿 [口语] (最后的部分; 后边) behind; back; rear 后尾蚴 metacercaria 风雷后尾灯 qf125-u-w 后尾灯支架 strw 后尾式构型 dart configuration 后尾轴管 rear stern tube 后尾蚴后尾轮支架 — user6065, Commented Nov 23, 2017 at 7:19

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:50:11Z

广州话普通话 defines 後尾 as

粵

表示時間或空間上居後

with two sample sentences

佢後尾卒之簽咗字

他最後終於還是簽字了

佢排隊排到最後尾。

他排隊排到最末尾。

广州话方言词典 starts of with pronunciation

hau6 mei5

and it has the first definition:

1 後來；最後

with one example sentence in Cantonese and Mandarin

佢後尾點樣ǜ？

他後來怎樣了？

and one Cantonese example:

後尾大家都同意。

definition two:

2 末尾；最後（指位置）

and one example sentence:

最後尾樖係李樹。

最末尾的那棵是李樹。

it also lists pronuncation:

hau1 mei1

and defines it as:

後來；最後；後面

with two sample sentences in Cantonese and Mandarin:

佢後尾點呀？

他後來怎麼樣了？

你高, 企後尾啦。

你高, 站在後面吧。

Depending on the context you could choose something like 最后、末尾、后来、后面.

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