良久

Chinese

		good; very; very much	(long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad. (良久)		良	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-chiu³
    • Yale: lyáng-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangjeou
    • Palladius: лянцзю (ljanczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ gau²
    • Yale: lèuhng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljang kjuwX

Rime
Character	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	呂章切	舉有切
Baxter	ljang	kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/kɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/kiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/kiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/kuwX/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/kiuX/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/kĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng4	gau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ  [k]ʷəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ  kʷlɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liáng	jiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljang ›	‹ kjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ/	/*[k]ʷəʔ/
English	good	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	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8046	6969
Phonetic component	良	久
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		久
Old Chinese	/*raŋ/	/*kʷlɯʔ/
Notes	甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文， 王侍從常在廊， 遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

Adverb

良久

1. (literary) after a while; for a while

Synonyms

• 很久 (hěn jiǔ)