Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 23

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 久

MC description : 流開三上有見

ZIHUI: 0036 1593

Beijing: ćiou 2

Jinan: ćiou 2

Xi'an: ćiou 2

Taiyuan: ćiou 2

Hankou: ćiou 2

Chengdu: ćiǝu 2

Yangzhou: ćiôɨ 2

Suzhou: ćiöy 2

Wenzhou: ćiau 21

Changsha: tiôu 2

Shuangfeng: ćiû 2

Nanchang: ćiu 2

Meixian: kiu 2

Guangzhou: kau 21

Xiamen: kiu 2

Chaozhou: ku 21

Fuzhou: kieu 2

Shanghai: ćiɨ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: kiou 2

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Chinese characters :

Character: 久

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: kwǝ́

Western Han Chinese: kǘ

Eastern Han Chinese: kwǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: kíw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝ́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝ́w

Middle Chinese: kǝ́w

English meaning : be long, a long time

Russian meaning[s]: 1) долго, длительно; продолжительный; долгое время; 2) давний, старый, давнишний; 3) ждать, ожидать

Comments: May be related to 舊 *gʷǝ-s 'old' q.v. (although the latter does not rhyme in 上聲). [Or cf. Tib. sgug 'to wait' ?]

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 4

Four-angle index: 4857

Shijing occurrences: 37.2_

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