久已

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (久已)		久	已
anagram		已久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔyǐ [Phonetic: jiúyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-i³
    • Yale: jyǒu-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouyii
    • Palladius: цзюи (czjui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ji⁵
    • Yale: gáu yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ jiː¹³/

Adverb

久已

1. for a long time; a long time ago; long ago; long since

Synonyms

• 一早 (jat1 zou2) (Cantonese)
• 已久 (yǐjiǔ)
• 早就 (zǎojiù)
• 早已 (zǎoyǐ)
• 早著／早着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 晨早 (san⁴ zou²) (Cantonese)