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旧

jiù

HSK 3 Character Traditional 舊

What 旧 means

1. old
2. opposite: new 新
3. former
4. worn (with age)

Example sentences

• 我生于旧金山
  I was born in San Francisco.
• 那本书很旧。
  That book is very old.
• 他卖旧地毯。
  He sells old carpets.
• 我依旧爱你。
  I still love you.
• 这是台旧设备。
  Zhè shì tái jiù shèbèi.
  This is an old device.
• 我依旧爱着他。
  Wǒ yījiù ài zhe tā.
  I still love him.

Words starting with 旧

• 旧金山Jiù jīn shānSan Francisco, California
• 旧书jiù shūsecond-hand book; old book; ancient book
• 旧时jiù shíin former times; the olden days
• 旧事jiù shìold affair; former matter
• 旧址jiù zhǐformer site; old location
• 旧日jiù rìformer times; olden days
• 旧式jiù shìold style
• 旧情jiù qíngold affection
• 旧约jiù yuēformer agreement; former contract
• 旧货jiù huòsecond-hand goods; used items for sale
• 旧居jiù jūold residence; former home
• 旧梦jiù mèngold dreams
• 旧物jiù wùold property (esp. inherited from former generation); former territory
• 旧友jiù yǒuold friend
• 旧交jiù jiāoold friend; former acquaintance
• 旧例jiù lìold rules; example from the past; former practices
• 旧制jiù zhìold system; weights and measures of former times
• 旧前jiù qiánin the past; formerly
• 旧名jiù míngformer name
• 旧国jiù guóold capital
• 旧地jiù dìonce familiar places; former haunts
• 旧好jiù hǎoold friendship
• 旧学jiù xuéold learning; Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West
• 旧家jiù jiānotable former families

Words containing 旧

• 依旧yī jiùas before; still; to remain the same
• 仍旧réng jiùstill (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
• 陈旧chén jiùold-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
• 破旧pò jiùshabby
• 怀旧huái jiùto feel nostalgic; nostalgia
• 照旧zhào jiùas before; as in the past
• 古旧gǔ jiùarchaic
• 折旧zhé jiùdepreciation
• 四旧sì jiùthe Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
• 废旧fèi jiùworn out; old-fashioned and dilapidated
• 叙旧xù jiùto reminisce; to talk about former times
• 守旧shǒu jiùconservative; reactionary
• 喜新厌旧xǐ xīn yàn jiùlit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people…
• 做旧zuò jiùto give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
• 复旧fù jiùto restore old way; to return to the past
• 念旧niàn jiùto remember old friends; to cherish old friendships; for old time's sake
• 故旧gù jiùold friends
• 老旧lǎo jiùoutmoded; old-fashioned
• 亲旧qīn jiùrelatives and old friends
• 话旧huà jiùto reminisce
• 个旧市Gè jiù ShìGejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州
• 守旧派shǒu jiù pàiperson who sticks to old ways; traditionalist; a conservative
• 怀旧感huái jiù gǎnfeeling of nostalgia
• 折旧率zhé jiù lǜrate of deprecation

Characters that look like 旧

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

• 双shuāngtwo; double; pair
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 田tiánfield; farm
• 匆cōnghurried; hasty
• 皿mǐn(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108
• 曰yuēto speak; to say

Sounds the same

Read jiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 就(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 救to save; to assist; to rescue
• 舅maternal uncle
• 咎fault; to blame; to punish
• 鹫vulture
• 臼mortar
• 疚chronic disease; guilt; remorse
• 厩stable; barn
• 柩bier
• 桕Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
• 僦(literary) to rent; to hire; to lease
• 㠇(name of a mountain ridge)