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好久

hǎo jiǔ · hao jiu

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HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. quite a while
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Long time no see

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)！好久(hǎojiǔ)不见(bùjiàn)！

    Dengdeng! Long time no see!

  2. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)！真(zhēn)是(shì)好久(hǎojiǔ)没见(méijiàn)了(le)！

    Liangliang! It has been such a long time!

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)等(děng)了(le)多久(duōjiǔ)了(le)？

    How long have you been waiting here?

  4. Dengdeng

    等了(děngle)好久(hǎojiǔ)。大概(dàgài)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    For a long time. Maybe an hour.

  5. Liangliang

    一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)？我们(wǒmen)说(shuō)三点(sāndiǎn)，现在(xiànzài)才(cái)两点(liǎngdiǎn)。

    An hour? We said three o'clock. It is only two now.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)白(bái)等(děng)好久(hǎojiǔ)了(le)。

    So I waited a long time for nothing.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)等(děng)了(le)好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)，但(dàn)是(shì)她(tā)还(hái)是(shì)没(méi)有(yǒu)出(chū)现(xiàn)。

We waited a long time, but she didn't show up.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)没(méi)有(yǒu)休(xiū)一(yí)个(gè)真(zhēn)正(zhèng)的(de)假(jià)期(qī)了(le)。

It's been a long time since I've had a real vacation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fenfang557 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

久
jiǔ

(long) time; (long) duration of time

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