悠久

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Chinese[edit]

at ease; long (in time); sad (long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (悠久)
simp. #(悠久)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (28)
Final () (136) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yuw kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨu/ /kɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiu/ /kiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/iəu/ /kiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juw/ /kuwX/
Li
Rong
/iu/ /kiuX/
Wang
Li
/jĭəu/ /kĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/ /ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4 gau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yōu jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw › ‹ kjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*liw/ /*[k]ʷəʔ/
English long-brooding a long time

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15479 6969
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯw/ /*kʷlɯʔ/

Adjective[edit]

悠久

  1. age-old; long-standing; time-honoured
    歷史悠久历史悠久  ―  lìshǐ yōujiǔ  ―  to have a long history

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (悠久):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: S
きゅう
Grade: 5
kan’on

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

Adjective[edit]

(ゆう)(きゅう) (yūkyū-na (adnominal (ゆう)(きゅう) (yūkyū na), adverbial (ゆう)(きゅう) (yūkyū ni))

  1. eternal, continuous, long-lasting
    (ゆう)(きゅう)(だい)()(ぜん)
    yūkyū na daishizen
    eternal nature

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ゆう)(きゅう) (yūkyū

  1. something that lasts for a long time; something continuous
    (ゆう)(きゅう)(れき)()
    yūkyū no rekishi
    a long history