好久 [－－]

Jyutping hou2 gau2
Pinyin hǎo jiǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. quite a while
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    for a long time; for ages
    (syn.) 许久, 久久, 許久, 野行
    • 他們好久沒有通信了。
      他们好久没有通信了。
      tā men hǎo jiǔ méi yǒu tōng xìn le ．
      They haven't written to each other for a long time.
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #217
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我好久没见到她了。
    我好久沒見到她了。
    wǒ hǎo jiǔ méi jiàn dào tā le 。
    • I haven't seen her for ages.
    • I haven't seen her in a long time.
    • I haven't seen her for a very long time.
    • I haven't seen them for ages.
  2. Mandarin
    我已经好久没有去锻炼了。
    我已經好久沒有去鍛鍊了。
    wǒ yǐ jīng hǎo jiǔ méi yǒu qù duàn liàn le 。
    • I haven't exercised in a long time.
  3. Mandarin
    我已经好久没有看到她了。
    我已經好久沒有看到她了。
    wǒ yǐ jīng hǎo jiǔ méi yǒu kàn dào tā le 。
    • I haven't seen her for a long time.
  4. Mandarin
    我们终于见面了！我等这一刻等了好久了。
    我們終於見面了！我等這一刻等了好久了。
    wǒ men zhōng yú jiàn miàn le ！ wǒ děng zhè yī kè děng le hǎo jiǔ le 。
    • So, we finally meet! I've waited so long for this moment.
  5. Mandarin
    好久不见了。
    好久不見了。
    hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn le 。
    • Long time, no see.
    • It's been a long time.
    • I haven't seen you in ages.
    • Haven't seen you for ages.
    • It's been a while, hasn't it?
    • It's been a while.
    • Long time no see.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你好，好久不见。
    你好，好久不見。
    nǐ hǎo ， hǎo jiǔ bù jiàn ．
    • Hi, long time no see.
  2. Mandarin
    他们好久没有通信了。
    他們好久沒有通信了。
    tā men hǎo jiǔ méi yǒu tōng xìn le ．
    • They haven't written to each other for a long time.
  3. Mandarin
    你会不会忽然地出现 在街角的咖啡店 我会带着笑脸 挥手寒暄 和你坐着聊聊天 [MSC, simp.]From: 2007, 陈奕迅 (lyrics 施立), 《好久不见》nǐ huìbùhuì hūrán de chūxiàn, zài jiējiǎo de kāfēidiàn, wǒ huì dài zhe xiàoliǎn, huīshǒu hánxuān, hé nǐ zuò zhe liáoliáotiān [Pinyin]Will you suddenly show up,
    你会不会忽然地出现 在街角的咖啡店 我会带着笑脸 挥手寒暄 和你坐着聊聊天 [MSC, simp.]From: 2007, 陳奕迅 (lyrics 施立), 《好久不見》nǐ huìbùhuì hūrán de chūxiàn, zài jiējiǎo de kāfēidiàn, wǒ huì dài zhe xiàoliǎn, huīshǒu hánxuān, hé nǐ zuò zhe liáoliáotiān [Pinyin]Will you suddenly show up,
    Ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｃａｆé ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｒｅｅｔ ｃｏｒｎｅｒ ？
    • I would smile and wave to you,
      Greet you, and have a chat with you.
  4. Mandarin
    甲：嗨，好久不见，现在在哪儿发财呀？乙：哪里，不过是混口饭吃而已。
    甲：嗨，好久不見，現在在哪兒發財呀？乙：哪裏，不過是混口飯吃而已。
    jiǎ ： hāi ， hǎo jiǔ bù jiàn ， xiàn zài zài nǎ r5 fā cái ya ？ yǐ ： nǎ lǐ ， bù guò shì hùn kǒu fàn chī ér yǐ ．
    • A: Hi, long time no see. Where do you make a living nowadays? B: If you can call it that! I do the minimum necessary for the meal ticket.
  5. Mandarin
    望着她，我怅然若失，好久说不出话来。
    望着她，我悵然若失，好久説不出話來。
    wàng zhe tā ， wǒ chàng rán ruò shī ， hǎo jiǔ shuō bù chū huà lái ．
    • Looking at her, I became so lost and could not say a word.