粵

悠jau4久gau2

jau4 gau2yōu jiǔ

English

  1. long (tradition, history etc)
  2. long; long-standing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 經過好長時間

Examples

  • 印度的历史悠久。

    India has a very old history.

    Tatoeba · BobbyLee CC BY

  • 中国历史比日本历史更悠久。

    The history of China is older than that of Japan.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 京都和奈良都是歷史悠久的古城。

    Nara is as old as Kyoto.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢座古蹟歷史悠久。

    This monument has a very long history.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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