故舊

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (故舊)		故	舊
simp. (故旧)		故	旧
anagram		舊故／旧故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ gau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-chiu⁴
    • Yale: gù-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhjiow
    • Palladius: гуцзю (guczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ gau⁶
    • Yale: gu gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ kɐu̯²²/

Noun

故舊

1. (literary) old friend

Synonyms

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• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老朋友
• 老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 老相識 / 老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交 / 旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友 / 旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故 / 旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知 / 旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)