偌久

偌久

Chinese

		so; such; to such a degree	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (偌久)		偌	久
simp. #(偌久)		偌	久

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): gōa-kú / jōa-kú / lōa-kú

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: juā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joaxkuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa-kú
    • Tâi-lô: luā-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxkuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁴²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/

Adverb

偌久

1. (Min Nan) how long (in terms of time)

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多久
Mandarin	Beijing	多久
	Taiwan	多久
	Singapore	多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾耐
	Hong Kong	幾耐
	Taishan	幾久
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幾耐
Hakka	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
Min Nan	Xiamen	偌久
	Quanzhou	偌久
	Zhangzhou	偌久
	Taipei	偌久 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌久
	Shantou	若久
Wu	Shanghai	多少辰光
	Wenzhou	幾下兒, 幾恁長久
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

無偌久／无偌久 (bô-gōa-kú)

Further reading

• “Entry #14304”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.