多久

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	(long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad. (多久)		多	久

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōjiǔ, duójiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄡˇ, ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: duōjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duojeou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duojiǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: duójiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwojeou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duójiǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twɔ³⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ gau²
  - Yale: dō gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Adverb

多久

how long (in terms of time)
你在這個城市住了多久了？ [MSC, trad.]
你在这个城市住了多久了？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ zài zhège chéngshì zhù le duōjiǔ le? [Pinyin]
How long have you lived in this city?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多久 (“how long (time)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多久
Mandarin	Beijing	多久
Mandarin	Taiwan	多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾耐
	Hong Kong	幾耐
	Taishan	幾久
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾久
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	幾久
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	幾久
	Dongshi (Dabu)	幾久
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	幾久
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	幾久
Min Nan	Xiamen	偌久
	Quanzhou	偌久
	Zhangzhou	偌久
	Penang	偌久
	Philippines (Manila)	偌久
Wu	Wenzhou	幾下兒, 幾恁長久

See also

多長／多长

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Duōjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Duōjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Duojeou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Duojiǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ gau²
  - Yale: dō gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

多久

(～市) Taku (a city in Saga, Japan)

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