已久

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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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐjiǔ
  - 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

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.
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)

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