多久

Character by character

• 多duō6 strokesHSK 1much, many; more than, over
• 久jiǔ3 strokesHSK 2long time (ago); time passage, grow late

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 要多久？

  Yào duō jiǔ

  How long does it take?

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• 多久以前？

  Duō jiǔ yǐ qián

  How long ago was that?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 多久. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 多duōHSK 1

  many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

• 多少duō shǎoHSK 1

  number; amount; somewhat

• 许多xǔ duōHSK 2

  many; a lot of; much

• 久jiǔHSK 3

  (long) time; (long) duration of time

• 好多hǎo duōHSK 2

  many; quite a lot; much better

• 多么duō meHSK 2

  how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

• 差不多chà bu duōHSK 2

  almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 不久bù jiǔHSK 2

  not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after

• 好久hǎo jiǔHSK 2

  quite a while

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 多数duō shùHSK 2

  majority; most

• 多次duō cìHSK 4

  many times; repeatedly

• 众多zhòng duōHSK 5

  numerous

• 多云duō yúnHSK 2

  cloudy (meteorology)

• 大多dà duōHSK 4

  for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly

• 多年来duō nián láiHSK 7

  for the past many years

• 多余duō yúHSK 7

  superfluous; unnecessary; surplus

• 长久cháng jiǔHSK 6

  (for a) long time

• 多种duō zhǒngHSK 4

  many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-

• 永久yǒng jiǔHSK 7

  everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent

• 绝大多数jué dà duō shùHSK 6

  the vast majority

• 持久chí jiǔHSK 7

  lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long

• 增多zēng duōHSK 5

  to increase; to grow in number