無偌久

See also: 无偌久

Chinese

		not have	how long
trad. (無偌久)		無	偌久
simp. (无偌久)		无	偌久
alternative forms		無若久／无若久

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lōa-kú / bô-lǒa-kú / bô-gōa-kú / bô-jōa-kú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ riêh⁸ gu² / bho⁵ rioh⁸ gu²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: bô-luā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boiloaxkuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁴²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lǒa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: bô-luǎ-kú
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /bo²⁴⁻²² lua³³⁻²² ku⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² lua²² ku⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-gōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: bô-guā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'goaxkuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ɡua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-jōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: bô-juā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boijoaxkuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ zua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ riêh⁸ gu² / bho⁵ rioh⁸ gu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô jie̍h kú / bô jio̍h kú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zieʔ⁴⁻² ku⁵²/, /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zioʔ⁴⁻² ku⁵²/

Adverb

無偌久

1. (Southern Min) soon; before long; after a while

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不久
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不久, 沒多久
	Taiwan	不久, 沒多久
	Singapore	不久, 沒多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Hong Kong	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	無幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	無偌久
	Quanzhou	無偌久
	Zhangzhou	無偌久
	Taipei	無偌久
	Kaohsiung	無偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Shantou	唔久, 無若久
Wu	Wenzhou	不一下兒過

References

• “Entry #8658”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.