HSK 5 · Adjectives

悠久 yōujiǔ “long-standing” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 悠久 means

  1. long-standing
  2. age-old (tradition, history)
  3. long (tradition, history etc)

How to say 悠久

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale悠yōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale久jiǔ3rd tone, dipping

悠久 in a sentence

  1. 中国历史比日本历史更悠久。

    Zhōngguó lìshǐ bǐ Rìběn lìshǐ gèng yōujiǔ.

    China’s history is longer than Japan’s.

    Sentence #900538 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 印度的历史悠久。

    Yìndù de lìshǐ yōujiǔ.

    India has a long history.

    Sentence #9423572 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 京都和奈良都是历史悠久的古城。

    Jīngdū hé Nàiliáng dōu shì lìshǐ yōujiǔ de gǔchéng.

    Kyoto and Nara are both ancient cities with long histories.

    Sentence #389504 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 悠久 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 悠 (yōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
悠yōulong or drawn out
  • 攸distant · yōuSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 攸 (yōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yōu.

The character 久 (jiǔ) drawn as one shape
久jiǔlong

久 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 悠久

悠 11 strokes · 久 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

悠久 (yōujiǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 悠久 (yōujiǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 悠久

Words with 久

久jiǔ · long time不久bùjiǔ · soon好久hǎojiǔ · a long time持久chíjiǔ · lasting

More words: Adjectives

英俊yīngjùn · handsome用功yònggōng · hard-working (at study)拥挤yōngjǐ · crowded优美yōuměi · graceful有利yǒulì · advantageous圆yuán · circle糟糕zāogāo · too bad窄zhǎi · narrow

FAQs

悠久 (yōujiǔ) means “long-standing” or “age-old (tradition, history)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yōujiǔ: yōu with a 1st tone, then jiǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 悠久 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 悠久 from the suggestions. Typing youjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
悠久 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.