長久

See also: 长久

Chinese

	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (長久)	長	久
simp. (长久)	长	久
anagram	久長／久长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ gau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-kiú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-kú / tiông-kiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángjiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-chiu³
  - Yale: cháng-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngjeou
  - Palladius: чанцзю (čanczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    常久
    長久／长久
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ gau²
  - Yale: chèuhng gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-kiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: congˇ giu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong² giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ki̯u³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-kú
  - Tâi-lô: tn̂g-kú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngkuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ ku⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² ku⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² ku⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-kiú
  - Tâi-lô: tiông-kiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongkiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/

Adjective

長久

age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time

Synonyms

久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
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)
長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

Antonyms

短暫／短暂 (duǎnzàn)
臨時／临时 (línshí)
暫時／暂时 (zànshí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	久
ちょう Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 5
on’yomi	kan’on

Noun

長(ちょう)久(きゅう) • (chōkyū)

permanence; perpetuity

Proper noun

長(ちょう)久(きゅう) • (Chōkyū)

the Chōkyū era, 1040-1044