悠久

Chinese

		at ease; long (in time); sad	(long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad. (悠久)		悠	久

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōujiǔ
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ gau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-kiú
Min Nan (POJ): iu-kiú / iu-kú / iû-kiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yōujiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioujeou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youjiǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ gau²
  - Yale: yàuh gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-kiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu´ giu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴ ki̯u³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-kiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ giu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ giu³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴ ki̯u³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-kiú
  - Tâi-lô: iu-kiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'kiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² kiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ kiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ kiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-kú
  - Tâi-lô: iu-kú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'kuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ ku⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-kiú
  - Tâi-lô: iû-kiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'kiuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ kiu⁴¹/

Adjective

悠久

age-old; long-standing; time-honoured

Synonyms

長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)