許heoi2久gau2

English

1. for a long time
2. a long time
3. for ages

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 好耐；長時間

Examples

• 我諗咗好耐都諗唔通。

  我想了許久都想不通。 (ngo5 soeng2 liu5 heoi2 gau2 dou1 soeng2 bat1 tung1.)

  I thought about it for a long time, but I still can't figure it out.

• 好耐冇收到你嘅回信喇，最近好嗎？

  許久沒收到你的回信了，最近可好？ (heoi2 gau2 mut6 sau1 dou3 nei5 dik1 wui4 seon3 liu5, zeoi3 gan6 ho2 hou2?)

  I have not received your (written) reply for a long time. Have you been well?

• 我昨天遇到了一个许久不见的老朋友。

  Yesterday I met an old friend of mine whom I had not seen for a long time.

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