久 jiǔ
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jiǔ
adjective
old
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: Use for old things not old people (Guoyu '久' adj) -
jiǔ
adverb
over a long time
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 長治久安 'long order and long peace' (CCI p. 37; CC-CEDICT '長治久安'; Guoyu '長治久安'; Guoyu '久' adv; Unihan '久') -
jiǔ
noun
age
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '久' n) -
jiǔ
verb
to remain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 留 (Guoyu '久' v)
Contained in
- 久假不归(久假不歸) to fail to return a borrowed item
- 好久不见(好久不見) long time no see
- 不久 not long; soon
- 经久(經久) long-lasting; durable
- 久久 for a very long time
- 长治久安(長治久安) long order and long peace; long-term peace and stability
- 永久虚电路(永久虛電路) Permanent Virtual Circuit; PVC
- 久立 to stand up for a long time ; to exist for a long time
- 分久必合，合久必分 that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义)
- 持久性毒剂(持久性毒劑) persistent agent
- 久长(久長) a long time
- 地久天长(地久天長) the earth and sky endure forever
- 多久 how long?
- 命不久已 at death's door
- 年之久 period of ... years
- 已久 already a long time
- 久稽 to delay for a very long time
- 耐久 durable; long-lasting
- 历史悠久(歷史悠久) long-established; time-honored
- 好久 quite a while
- 久别重逢(久別重逢) to meet again after a long period of separation
- 久闻大名(久聞大名) your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
- 久慕盛名 I've admired your reputation for a long time; I've been looking forward to meeting you.
- 许久(許久) for a long time; for ages
- 永久冻土(永久凍土) permafrost
- 陈久(陳久) a long period of time
- 长久(長久) long term ; permanent
- 历史久远(歷史久遠) ancient history
- 久违(久違) (haven't done something) for a long time; a long time since we last met
- 经久不衰(經久不衰) unfailing; never-ending
- 积久(積久) accumulated over a long time
- 久远(久遠) remote; distant ; ancient; long ago
- 永久和平 lasting peace; enduring peace
- 久已 long ago; a long time since
- 久留 to stay for a long time
- 永久磁铁(永久磁鐵) a permanent magnet
- 久而久之 gradually over time
- 久矣 already for a long time
- 久别(久別) a long period of separation
- 持久 enduring; lasting
- 久攻不下 to attack for a long time without success
- 久保 Kubo
- 持久战(持久戰) prolonged war; war of attrition
- 终久(終久) in the end; eventually
- 久仰 I've long looked forward to meeting you; It's an honor to meet you at last
Also contained in
美国永久居民 、 久治 、 大久保利通 、 元久 、 久治县 、 久安
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III Mozi 墨子 — count: 23
- 卷六十五 志第十八 五行三 Volume 65 Treatises 18: Five Elements 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
- 卷九十六 列傳第三十四: 黃久約 李晏子:仲略 李愈 王賁 許安仁 梁襄 路伯達 Volume 96 Biographies 34: Huang Jiuyue, Li Yan son: Zhonglüe, Li Yu, Wang Ben, Xu Anren, Liang Xiang, Lu Boda History of Jin 金史 — count: 19
- 卷二百七十 列傳第二十九 顏衎 劇可久 趙逢 蘇曉 高防 馮瓚 邊珝 王明 許仲宣 楊克讓 段思恭 侯陟 李符 魏丕 董樞 Volume 270 Biographies 29: Yan Kan, Ju Kejiu, Zhao Feng, Su Xiao, Gao Fang, Feng Zan, Bian Xu, Wang Ming, Xu Zhongxuan, Yang Kerang, Duan Sigong, Hou Zhi, Li Fu, Wei Pi, Dong Shu History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
- 卷九十七 志第五十 河渠七 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Rivers and Canals 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
- 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 13
- 卷八十八 志第六十四 河渠六 Volume 88 Treatises 64: Rivers and Canals 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
- 非相篇第五 Chapter 5: Do not Judge by Appearances Xunzi 荀子 — count: 13
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷三百九十一 列傳第一百五十 周必大 留正 胡晉臣 Volume 391 Biographies 150: Zhou Bida, Liu Zheng, Hu Jinchen History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
Collocations
- 久丧 (久喪) 欲久喪而後不能也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 27
- 葬久 (葬久) 或以厚葬久喪以為仁也義也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 22
- 能久 (能久) 其況能久有許乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 20
- 不可久 (不可久) 不可久也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 6
- 不能久 (不能久) 秦不能久 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
- 欲久 (欲久) 欲久得乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 可久 (可久) 何可久也 — Book of Changes 易經, 大過 Da Guo — count: 4
- 未久 (未久) 以其下成康為未久也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
- 久语 (久語) 是以人主久語而左右鬻懷刷 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 3
- 其日久 (其日久) 創鉅者其日久 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《三年問》 Questions about the Mourning for Three Years — count: 3