久遠

See also: 久远

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	far; distant; remote
trad. (久遠)		久	遠
simp. (久远)		久	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² jyun⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-yén / kiú-yán
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-oán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔyuǎn [Phonetic: jiúyuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-yüan³
    • Yale: jyǒu-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouyeuan
    • Palladius: цзююань (czjujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² jyun⁵
    • Yale: gáu yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ jyːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-yén
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu` ien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ i̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-yán
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu` (r)ian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ (j)i̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-oán
    • Tâi-lô: kiú-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiwoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 久遠

1. a long time ago; far back

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
• 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
• 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
• 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
• 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
• 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
• 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
• 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
• 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

 

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
久	遠
く Grade: 5	おん Grade: 2

Alternative forms

• 久遠の (kuon no): of or relating to eternity, eternal

Etymology 1

From ku (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + on (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote)

Noun

久(く)遠(おん) • (kuon) ^{←くをん (kwon)?}

1. eternity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
久	遠
きゅう Grade: 5	えん Grade: 2

From kyū (久, of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long time) + en (遠, distant (in time), far-off, remote)

Noun

久(きゅう)遠(えん) • (kyūen) ^{←きうゑん (kiwen)?}

1. eternity

Usage notes

• kuon is more commonly used than kyūen