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(of time) how long? in Chinese: 多久 (duō jiǔ)

duō jiǔ

(of time) how long?

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of time) how long?
  2. 2(not) a long time

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多
久

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄐㄧㄡˇ

jiǔ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 你学汉语学了多久了？

    nǐ xué hàn yǔ xué le duō jiǔ le？

    How long have you been studying Chinese?

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Related words

多

duō

many

久

jiǔ

(long) time

多少

duō shǎo

number

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

许多

xǔ duō

many

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

多余

duō yú

superfluous

悠久

yōu jiǔ

long (tradition, history etc)

不久

bù jiǔ

not long (after)

多数

duō shù

majority

多云

duō yún

cloudy (meteorology)

好多

hǎo duō

many

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