Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiù
English
- old, ancient
- old
- (adjective) 1. ex-; (adjective) general term of something that is solid "一舊"
- ago; before; earlier; used as a prefix
- former
- old; historical
- former, past
- opposite: new 新
- has already existed or been used for some time; worn out
- former
- worn (with age)
粵語
- 前綴，指過去嘅時間
- 之前嘅；前度
- 經歷咗好長時間嘅
- 已經出現咗或者用咗一段日子；開始耗損
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 舊
- 舊愛gau6 oi3
ex; former lover
- 舊時gau6 si2
in former times
- 舊日gau6 jat6
former times
- 依舊ji1 gau6
as before; still
- 舊年gau6 nin2
last year
- 舊址gau6 zi2
former site; old location
- 舊水gau6 seoi2
hundred dollars
- 舊生gau6 sang1
alumni; a student who has been in the school for some time (as opposed to new students)
- 仍舊jing4 gau6
still (remaining)
- 懷舊waai4 gau6
to feel nostalgic
- 古舊gu2 gau6
archaic
- 舊款gau6 fun2
Old style; outdated style
- 陳舊can4 gau6
old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- 舊底gau6 dai2
(noun
- 舊式gau6 sik1
old style
- 念舊nim6 gau6
to remember old friends
- 破舊po3 gau6
shabby
- 舊曆gau6 lik6
old calendar
- 守舊sau2 gau6
conservative
- 舊鞋gau6 haai4
old shoes; ex-girlfriend [colloquial]
- 照舊ziu3 gau6
as before
- 折舊zit3 gau6
depreciation
- 舊約gau6 joek3
Old Testament
- 殘舊caan4 gau6
worn out; ragged; tattered