久 - Mandarin word #884

久

jiǔ

Traditional: 久

HSK 3

#884 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

long time, for a long time

Stroke order

久

。

We haven't seen each other for a long time.

？

How long have you been waiting?

段duàn。

This period of time is too long.

。

We haven't seen each other for ages.

习xí惯guàn。

This habit has existed for a long time.

久 (jiǔ) means long time, for a long time. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

几天

a few days, several days

日子

day, days, date, life (colloquial)

一年

one year, a year

早就

long ago, already by now

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 久.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 18.