久 jiǔ

1. jiǔ adjective old
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: Use for old things not old people (Guoyu '久' adj)
2. 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')
3. jiǔ noun age
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '久' n)
4. jiǔ verb to remain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 留 (Guoyu '久' v)

Contained in

• 久病成良医(久病成良醫) long illness makes the patient into a good doctor
• 年之久 period of ... years
• 终久(終久) in the end; eventually
• 永久 everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent ; Eikyū
• 久仰 I've long looked forward to meeting you; It's an honor to meet you at last
• 久闻大名(久聞大名) your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
• 路遥知马力，日久见人心(路遙知馬力，日久見人心) just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart
• 久长(久長) a long time
• 久慕盛名 I've admired your reputation for a long time; I've been looking forward to meeting you.
• 历久弥坚(歷久彌堅) to become more resolute with the passing of time
• 久假不归(久假不歸) to fail to return a borrowed item
• 永久和平 lasting peace; enduring peace
• 久保 Kubo
• 久仰大名 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time
• 持久 enduring; lasting
• 既久 for a considerable time
• 积久弊生(積久弊生) a long lasting condition can give rise to evil
• 地久天长(地久天長) the earth and sky endure forever
• 永久性 permanent
• 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)
• 天长日久(天長日久) after a long time
• 不久前 not long ago
• 许久(許久) for a long time; for ages
• 常久 long lasting; enduring
• 多久 how long?
• 久视(久視) gaze for a long time ; to live forever without growing old ; Jiushi reign
• 久攻不下 to attack for a long time without success
• 久慕 I've admired you for a long time (honorific)
• 命不久已 at death's door
• 赵久(趙久) a long time
• 常忍久耐 consistently patient
• 久旷(久曠) to leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work; to remain single
• 长治久安(長治久安) long order and long peace; long-term peace and stability
• 长久(長久) long term ; permanent
• 前不久 not long ago; not long before
• 悠久 long established
• 长生久视(長生久視) to live long and not decline in vision; to be immortal
• 久经考验(久經考驗) well tested; seasoned; veteran
• 久远(久遠) remote; distant ; ancient; long ago
• 恒久(恆久) constant; persistent; long-lasting; eternal
• 永久居留权(永久居留權) permanent residency
• 良久 a long time
• 旷日持久(曠日持久) protracted ; long and drawn-out
• 永久磁铁(永久磁鐵) a permanent magnet
• 永久虚电路(永久虛電路) Permanent Virtual Circuit; PVC
• 顷久(頃久) an instant or an eternity
• 日久岁深(日久歲深) to last for an eternity
• 久等 to wait for a long time

Also contained in

久治县 、 大久保 、 张可久

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
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 《龜策列傳》 Biographies of Diviners Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 13
• 非相篇第五 Chapter 5: Do not Judge by Appearances Xunzi 荀子 — 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
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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