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久久

jiǔjiǔ

for a very long time

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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for a very long time

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 久久 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 久久 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

祝你们婚姻长长久久、永浴爱河。zhù nǐ men hūn yīn cháng cháng jiǔ jiǔ、 yǒng yù ài hé。

I wish you a long and happy married life.

躺在床上,我思绪万千,久久不能入睡。tǎng zài chuáng shàng, wǒ sī xù wàn qiān, jiǔ jiǔ bù néng rù shuì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

她泪眼蒙眬地望著远去的列车,久久无法回神。tā lèi yǎn méng lóng dì wàng zhù yuǎn qù de liè chē, jiǔ jiǔ wú fǎ huí shén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 久久.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 久久.

Directly before

  • 长长久久1

Directly after

  • 久久无法1
  • 久久不能1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 久久

What does 久久 mean in Chinese?

久久 (jiǔjiǔ) means for a very long time.

How do you pronounce 久久?

久久 is pronounced jiǔjiǔ.

Is 久久 an HSK word?

久久 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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