終久

Chinese

		end; finish	(long) time; (long) duration of time
trad. (終久)		終	久
simp. (终久)		终	久

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ gau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-kiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chiu³
    • Yale: jūng-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjeou
    • Palladius: чжунцзю (čžunczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ gau²
    • Yale: jūng gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-kiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ giu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ giu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ki̯u³¹/

Adverb

終久

1. eventually; after all; at last
   • 18th century, Cao Xueqin, chapter 49, in Dream of the Red Chamber:

     倒是你明白。我終久是個糊塗心腸 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     倒是你明白。我终久是个糊涂心肠 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Dào shì nǐ míngbai. Wǒ zhōngjiǔ shì ge hútú xīncháng [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 戰爭——這個人類互相殘殺的怪物，人類社會的發展終久要把它消滅的。 [MSC, trad.]
     战争——这个人类互相残杀的怪物，人类社会的发展终久要把它消灭的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhànzhēng — zhège rénlèi hùxiāng cánshā de guàiwu, rénlèi shèhuì de fāzhǎn zhōngjiǔ yào bǎ tā xiāomiè de. [Pinyin]

     War, this monster of mutual slaughter among men, will be finally eliminated by the progress of human society.

   • 1986, 瓊瑤, 林久愉, 17:56 from the start, in 煙雨濛濛, episode 35, 趙永馨 (actor):

     書桓，你終久會成爲我的姐夫。 [MSC, trad.]
     书桓，你终久会成为我的姐夫。 [MSC, simp.]

     Shūhuán, nǐ zhōngjiǔ huì chéngwéi wǒ de jiěfu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (eventually; after all; at last):

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• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)

 

Adjective

終久

1. long-lasting; long-term

Synonyms

• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)