久

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 要多久？

  Yào duō jiǔ

  How long does it take?

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• 好久不见！

  Hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn

  Long time no see!

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• 多久以前？

  Duō jiǔ yǐ qián

  How long ago was that?

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• 好久不见了。

  Hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn le

  Long time, no see.

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Words containing 久

• 多久duō jiǔ 1–3 (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
• 不久bù jiǔ 4–3 not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
• 好久hǎo jiǔ 3–3 → 2–3quite a while
• 久jiǔ 3(long) time; (long) duration of time
• 悠久yōu jiǔ 1–3 long (tradition, history etc)
• 长久cháng jiǔ 2–3 (for a) long time
• 持久chí jiǔ 2–3 lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
• 永久yǒng jiǔ 3–3 → 2–3everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
• 前不久qián bù jiǔ 2–4–3not long ago; not long before
• 久违jiǔ wéi 3–2 (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
• 天长地久tiān cháng dì jiǔ 1–2–4–3enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
• 久仰jiǔ yǎng 3–3 → 2–3honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.