Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiǔ
English
- long time (ago)
- (of a period of time) long
- time passage, grow late
- for a long time
粵語
- 好長時間
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Words containing 久
- 不久bat1 gau2
not long (after)
- 多久do1 gau2
(of time) how long?
- 永久wing5 gau2
everlasting
- 長久coeng4 gau2
long-time; long-term
- 持久ci4 gau2
lasting
- 悠久jau4 gau2
long (tradition, history etc)
- 久經gau2 ging1
to have long experience of
- 許久heoi2 gau2
for a long time
- 久遠gau2 jyun5
lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time
- 終久zung1 gau2
in the end
- 久違gau2 wai4
(haven't done sth) for a long time
- 恆久hang4 gau2
constant
- 久不久gau2 bat1 gau2
from time to time
- 久不久gau2 bat1 gau2
from time to time
- 久仰gau2 joeng5
honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.
- 經久ging1 gau2
long-lasting
- 久已gau2 ji5
long ago
- 久陪gau2 pui4
to accompany over long term
- 良久loeng4 gau2
a good while
- 長治久安coeng4 zi6 gau2 on1
long-term peace and stability (of governments)
- 久唔久gau2 m4 gau2
occasionally, from time to time
- 久唔久gau2 m4 gau2
occasionally, from time to time
- 久而久之gau2 ji4 gau2 zi1
over time
- 久而久之gau2 ji4 gau2 zi1
over time