多久

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (多久)		多	久
simp. #(多久)		多	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ gau²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): do¹ giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duojiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-chiu³
    • Yale: dwō-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duojeou
    • Palladius: доцзю (doczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ gau²
    • Yale: dō gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: do¹ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /to⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kiu³¹/

Etymology 1

Adverb

多久

1. how long (in terms of time)

   你在這個城市住了多久了？ [MSC, trad.]
   你在这个城市住了多久了？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài zhège chéngshì zhù le duōjiǔ le? [Pinyin]

   How long have you lived in this city?

   一首曲子要練多久才能彈好？ [MSC, trad.]
   一首曲子要练多久才能弹好？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yī shǒu qǔzi yào liàn duōjiǔ cái néng tán hǎo? [Pinyin]

   How much practice is required to play a piece well?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多久 (“how long (time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多久
Mandarin	Taiwan	多久
	Singapore	多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾耐
	Hong Kong	幾耐
	Taishan	幾久
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌久
	Quanzhou	偌久
	Zhangzhou	偌久
	Tainan	偌久
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌久
	Chaozhou	若久
	Shantou	若久
	Jieyang	若久
Wu	Shanghai	多少辰光
	Wenzhou	幾下兒, 幾恁長久

See also

• 多長／多长 (duō cháng, “how long (in measurement or time)”)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

多久

1. (～市) Taku (a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan)