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): gōa-kú / jōa-kú / lōa-kú

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• Southern Min
  • (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)
    • 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/

Adverb

偌久

1. (Southern Min) how long (in terms of time)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多久 (“how long (time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

• 無偌久／无偌久 (bô-gōa-kú)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #14304”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.