偌久
Chinese
| so; such; to such a degree | (long) time; (long) duration of time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (偌久) | 偌 | 久 | |
| simp. #(偌久) | 偌 | 久 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lōa-kú / lǒa-kú / gōa-kú / jōa-kú
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa-kú
- Tâi-lô: luā-kú
- Phofsit Daibuun: loaxkuo
- IPA (Singapore): /lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁴²/
- IPA (Tainan): /lua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lua²²⁻²¹ ku⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǒa-kú
- Tâi-lô: luǎ-kú
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lua²² ku⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Philippines): /lua³³⁻²² ku⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kú
- Tâi-lô: guā-kú
- Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkuo
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ku⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōa-kú
- Tâi-lô: juā-kú
- Phofsit Daibuun: joaxkuo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zua³³⁻²¹ ku⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Singapore)
Adverb
偌久
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 多久 (“how long (time)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多久 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多久 |
| Singapore | 多久 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾耐 |
| Hong Kong | 幾耐 | |
| Taishan | 幾久 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾耐 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾久 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾久 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾久 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾久 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾久 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾久 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾久 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌久 |
| Quanzhou | 偌久 | |
| Zhangzhou | 偌久 | |
| Tainan | 偌久 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 偌久 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌久 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 偌久 | |
| Chaozhou | 若久 | |
| Shantou | 若久 | |
| Jieyang | 若久 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少辰光 |
| Wenzhou | 幾下兒, 幾恁長久 | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “偌久”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.