幾久

Chinese[edit]

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (幾久)		幾	久
simp. (几久)		几	久

Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei² giu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kí-kiú / kit-kiú / it-kiú

(Meixian, Guangdong): gid⁵ giu³

Cantonese
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gei² giu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei⁵⁵ kiu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-kiú / kit-kiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi` giu` / gid` giu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ giu³ / gid⁵ giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ki̯u³¹/, /kit̚² ki̯u³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-kiú / kit-kiú / it-kiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi` giu` / gid` giu` / id` giu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ giu³ / gid⁵ giu³ / id⁵ giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ki̯u³¹/, /kit̚² ki̯u³¹/, /it̚² ki̯u³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gid⁵ giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kit̚¹ kiu³¹/

幾久

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多久
Mandarin	Taiwan	多久
Mandarin	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
Wu	Wenzhou	幾下兒, 幾恁長久

Compound of 幾 (iku, “how many of...”) +‎ 久 (hisa, “span of time”).

幾(いく)久(ひさ) • (iku-hisa)

^ “いく‐ひさ【幾久】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)