故舊

故舊

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (故舊)		故	舊
simp. (故旧)		故	旧
anagram		舊故／旧故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ gau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gùjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhjiow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùjiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ gau⁶
    • Yale: gu gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ kɐu̯²²/

Noun

故舊

1. (literary) old friend

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 故舊

以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou) 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary) 故人 (gùrén) (literary) 故友 (gùyǒu) 故知 (gùzhī) (literary) 老朋 (Cantonese) 老朋友 (lǎopéngyou)

老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding) 老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí) 舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo) 舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu) 舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary) 舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)