好久

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (好久)		好	久
simp. #(好久)		好	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hǎojiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao³ jiu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² gau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-kiú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎojiǔ [Phonetic: háojiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎojiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-chiu³
    • Yale: hǎu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haojeou
    • Palladius: хаоцзю (xaoczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 好久 好酒

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hao³ jiu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaogiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau⁵³ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² gau²
    • Yale: hóu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ giu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ ki̯u³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-kú
    • Tâi-lô: hó-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'kuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku⁵⁵⁴/

Adverb

好久

1. for a long time; for ages

   他們好久沒有通信了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们好久没有通信了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le. [Pinyin]

   They haven't written to each other for a long time.

Synonyms

• 久久 (jiǔjiǔ)
• 許久／许久 (xǔjiǔ)
• (Eastern Min) 野行
• (Wu) 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

Derived terms

• 好久不見／好久不见 (hǎojiǔbùjiàn)