久

Pinyin: jiǔ

(of a period of time) long

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 adjective

Example sentence

我不想等那么久。

Wǒ bù xiǎng děng nème jiǔ.

I don't want to wait that long.

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What 久 means

久 (jiǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a period of time) long”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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