不久
Chinese edit
| not; no | (long) time; (long) duration of time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (不久) |
不 | 久 | |
Pronunciation edit
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 gau2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-kiú
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-kú / put-kiú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùjiǒu
- Wade–Giles: pu4-chiu3
- Yale: bù-jyǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujeou
- Palladius: буцзю (buczju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 gau2
- Yale: bāt gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 gau2
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 geo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kiú
- Hakka Romanization System: bud` giu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: bud5 giu3
- Sinological IPA: /put̚² ki̯u³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kú
- Tâi-lô: put-kú
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ku⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ku⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ ku⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-kiú
- Tâi-lô: put-kiú
- Phofsit Daibuun: putkiuo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Adverb edit
不久
- soon; before long; not long (after)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不久 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 不久, 沒多久 |
| Taiwan | 不久, 沒多久 | |
| Singapore | 不久, 沒多久 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 冇幾耐, 冇耐 |
| Hong Kong | 冇幾耐, 冇耐 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 冇幾耐 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 無幾久 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無幾久 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無幾久 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無幾久 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無幾久 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無幾久 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無幾久 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無偌久 |
| Quanzhou | 無偌久 | |
| Zhangzhou | 無偌久 | |
| Taipei | 無偌久 | |
| Kaohsiung | 無偌久 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 無偌久 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 無偌久 | |
| Shantou | 唔久, 無若久 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 不一下兒過 |