幾久

Chinese

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (幾久)		幾	久
simp. (几久)		几	久

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei² giu²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kí-kiú / kit-kiú / it-kiú

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gid⁵ giu³

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• Cantonese
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei² giu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei⁵⁵ kiu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-kiú / kit-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ giu^ˋ / gid^ˋ giu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ giu³ / gid⁵ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ki̯u³¹/, /kit̚² ki̯u³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-kiú / kit-kiú / it-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ giu^ˋ / gid^ˋ giu^ˋ / id^ˋ giu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ giu³ / gid⁵ giu³ / id⁵ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ki̯u³¹/, /kit̚² ki̯u³¹/, /it̚² ki̯u³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gid⁵ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚¹ kiu³¹/

Adverb

幾久

1. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) how long (in terms of time)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多久 (“how long (time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多久
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	多久
	Singapore	多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾耐
	Hong Kong	幾耐
	Taishan	幾久
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌久
	Quanzhou	偌久
	Zhangzhou	偌久
	Tainan	偌久
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌久
	Chaozhou	若久
	Shantou	若久
	Jieyang	若久
Wu	Shanghai	多少辰光
	Wenzhou	幾下兒, 幾恁長久

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幾	久
いく Grade: S	ひさ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 幾 (iku, “how many of...”) +‎ 久 (hisa, “span of time”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いくひさ [íꜜkùhìsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟çisa̠]

Noun

幾(いく)久(ひさ) • (ikuhisa) 

1. how long

Derived terms

• 幾久(いくひさ)しく (ikuhisashiku)