終久

終久

Chinese

		end; finish	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (終久)		終	久
simp. (终久)		终	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-kiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōngjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjeou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjiǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gau²
    • Yale: jūng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung´ giu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ki̯u³¹/

Adverb

終久

1. eventually; after all; at last

   • 戰爭——這個人類互相殘殺的怪物，人類社會的發展終久要把它消滅的。 [MSC, trad.]
     战争——这个人类互相残杀的怪物，人类社会的发展终久要把它消灭的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhànzhēng — zhège rénlèi hùxiāng cánshā de guàiwu, rénlèi shèhuì de fāzhǎn zhōngjiǔ yào bǎ tā xiāomiè de. [Pinyin]

     War, this monster of mutual slaughter among men, will be finally eliminated by the progress of human society.

2. (literary) for a long time; permanently (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• (eventually; after all; at last):
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到底 (dàodǐ) 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng) 終於／终于 (zhōngyú) 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)

終究／终究 (zhōngjiū) 終須／终须 (Cantonese) 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī) 高低 (gāodī)