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久

jiǔ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

久 (jiǔ) means "long (in time)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 久 means

1. (of a period of time) long

Example sentences

• 不久前。
  Bùjiǔqián.
  Recently.
• 要多久？
  How long does it take?
• 多久以前？
  How long ago was that?
• 好久不见。
  Long time, no see.
• 好久不见！
  Long time no see!
• 很久不见！
  Long time no see!

Words starting with 久

• 久久jiǔ jiǔfor a very long time
• 久违jiǔ wéi(haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
• 久远jiǔ yuǎnlasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time
• 久而久之jiǔ ér jiǔ zhīover time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
• 久等jiǔ děngto wait for a long time
• 久已jiǔ yǐlong ago; a long time since
• 久留jiǔ liúto stay for a long time
• 久别jiǔ biéa long period of separation
• 久仰jiǔ yǎnghonorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.
• 久别重逢jiǔ bié chóng féngto meet again after a long period of separation
• 久经jiǔ jīngto have long experience of; to go through repeatedly
• 久之jiǔ zhīfor a long time
• 久保Jiǔ bǎoKubo (Japanese surname)
• 久病jiǔ bìngmy old illness; chronic condition
• 久长jiǔ chánga long time
• 久病成医jiǔ bìng chéng yī(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
• 久经考验jiǔ jīng kǎo yànwell tested over a long period of time (idiom); seasoned
• 久闻大名jiǔ wén dà míngyour name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
• 久病成良医jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yīlong illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
• 久攻不下jiǔ gōng bù xiàto attack for a long time without success
• 久假不归jiǔ jiǎ bù guīto fail to return a borrowed item
• 久负盛名jiǔ fù shèng míngseasoned; honed to perfection over centuries; special reserve
• 久仰大名jiǔ yǎng dà míngI have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
• 久陪jiǔ péito accompany over long term

Words containing 久

• 悠久yōu jiǔlong (tradition, history etc)
• 持久chí jiǔlasting; enduring; persistent
• 不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long; soon
• 好久hǎo jiǔ(colloquial) for a long time
• 多久duō jiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
• 长久cháng jiǔlong-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
• 许久xǔ jiǔfor a long time; for ages
• 永久yǒng jiǔeverlasting; perpetual; lasting
• 不久前bù jiǔ qiánnot long ago
• 没多久méi duō jiǔbefore long; soon after
• 前不久qián bù jiǔnot long ago; not long before
• 良久liáng jiǔa good while; a long time
• 天长地久tiān cháng dì jiǔenduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
• 永久性yǒng jiǔ xìngpermanent
• 持久战chí jiǔ zhànprolonged war; war of attrition
• 恒久héng jiǔconstant; persistent; long-lasting
• 年久失修nián jiǔ shī xiūold and in a state of disrepair (idiom); dilapidated
• 经久不衰jīng jiǔ bù shuāiunfailing; never-ending
• 长治久安cháng zhì jiǔ ānlong-term peace and stability (of governments)
• 经久jīng jiǔlong-lasting; durable
• 已久yǐ jiǔalready a long time
• 日久rì jiǔwith the passage of time; over time
• 积久jī jiǔto accumulate over time
• 终久zhōng jiǔin the end; eventually

Characters that look like 久

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 文wénlanguage; culture; writing
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 欠qiànto owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 九nine; 9
• 酒wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 灸moxibustion (TCM)
• 韭leek
• 糺army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)
• 〩numeral 9 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 㺵black jade (variant of 玖
• 玖black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 乆old variant of 久
• 乣old variant of 糺

Where 久 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 15 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.