恆久

See also: 恒久

Chinese

		permanent	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (恆久/恒久)		恆/恒	久
simp. (恒久)		恒	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ gau²
• Min Nan (POJ): hêng-kiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-chiu³
    • Yale: héng-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngjeou
    • Palladius: хэнцзю (xɛnczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ gau²
    • Yale: hàhng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-kiú
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-kiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengkiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹/

Adjective

恆久

1. constant; persistent; long-lasting

   • 豐富尊榮在我；恆久的財並公義也在我。 [MSC, trad.]
     丰富尊荣在我；恒久的财并公义也在我。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 箴言 (Proverbs) 8:18

     Fēngfù zūnróng zài wǒ; héngjiǔ de cái bìng gōngyì yě zài wǒ. [Pinyin]

     Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 恆久

• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
• 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
• 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
• 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)

• 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
• 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
• 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
• 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恆久):

• → Japanese: 恒久(こうきゅう) (kōkyū)
• → Korean: 항구(恒久) (hanggu)
• → Vietnamese: hằng cửu (恆久)