久
HSK 3freq #1103
Meanings
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- 1.(of a period of time) long
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Wiktionary
- 1.long
- 2.a surname
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Etymology
Used interchangeably with 氒 in oracle bone script. Likely a pictogram (象形) of an arrow tip. Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare Bantawa [script needed] (kʰokpa, “old man”) (Sagart, 2017d), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwak (“old”). 舊 (OC *N-kʷəʔ-s) may be a derivative (Baxter and Sagart, 2014). See there for more.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她活了很久。
She lived a long life.
她活了很久。
She lived for a long time.
還要很久嗎？
Will it be much longer?
您会待很久吗？
Are you going to stay long?
做起來不會很久。
Doing that won't take long.
我不想等那么久。
I don't want to wait that long.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
多久 (of time) how long?不久 not long (after)好久 (coll.) for a long time长久 long-time; long-term永久 everlasting持久 lasting悠久 long (tradition, history etc)久违 (haven't done sth) for a long time久仰 honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.积久 to accumulate over time久阔 a long period of separation久等 to wait for a long time