已久

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gau²

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

Adverb

已久

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

   他對那位漂亮的女孩暗戀已久。 [MSC, trad.]
   他对那位漂亮的女孩暗恋已久。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā duì nà wèi piàoliàng de nǚhái ànliàn yǐjiǔ. [Pinyin]

   He had long had a crush on the pretty young woman.

Synonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 蓄謀已久／蓄谋已久 (xùmóuyǐjiǔ)