久久

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	(long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad. (久久)		久	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔjiǔ [Phonetic: jiújiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒujiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoujeou
    • Palladius: цзюцзю (czjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau² gau²
    • Yale: gáu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu` giu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ ki̯u³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-kú
    • Tâi-lô: kú-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kw'kuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴¹/

Adverb

久久

1. for a long time; for ages

Synonyms

• 好久 (hǎojiǔ)
• 許久／许久 (xǔjiǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
久	久
ひさ Grade: 5	ひさ > びさ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 久久 – see the following entry.

【久々ひさびさ】 [noun] being for the first time in a long time [adjective] for the first time in a long time [adverb] (used with negatives) for a long time

(This term, 久久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)