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不久
不久
Chinese
| not; no; (negative prefix) | (long) time; (long) duration of time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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simp. and trad. (不久) |
不 | 久 | |
Adverb
不久
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不久 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 不久 |
| Taiwan | 不久 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 冇幾耐、冇耐 |
| Hong Kong | 冇幾耐、冇耐 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無幾久 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 無幾久 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 無幾久 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 無幾久 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 無幾久 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 無幾久 | |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 無偌久 |
| Xiamen | 無偌久 | |
| Zhangzhou | 無偌久 | |
| Taipei | 無偌久 | |
| Kaohsiung | 無偌久 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bujeou
- IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bat1 gau2
- Yale: bāt gáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 gau2
- IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kiú
- Hakka Romanization System: bud` giu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: bud5 giu3
- IPA: /put̚² ki̯u³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)