Long time in Chinese
a long time · HSK 3
好久
- 好 good
- 久 long
我们好久没见面了。 We haven't seen each other in a long time.
Other ways to say long time
More words with 好 or 久
How do you say long time in Chinese?
Long time in Chinese is 好久 (hǎo jiǔ). You can also say 半天 (bàn tiān).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.