多久 duō jiǔ — (of time) how long?

Meanings

1. 1

   (of time) how long?

   (of time) how long?; (not) a long time

   pronoun

Character breakdown

• 多

  duō (first tone, high and level)

  many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

  6 strokes⿱夕夕Radical 夕

Words containing 多

• 多duō (first tone, high and level)many, much, a lot
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 许多/許多xǔ (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 好多hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 多么/多麼duōme (first tone, high and level)how …! (exclamatory)
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 多数/多數duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)majority; most
• 多次duō (first tone, high and level) cì (fourth tone, falling)many times
• 众多/眾多zhòng (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level)numerous
• 多云/多雲duō (first tone, high and level) yún (second tone, rising)cloudy (meteorology)
• 大多dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level)for the most part
• 多年来/多年來duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising)for the past many years
• 多余/多餘duō (first tone, high and level) yú (second tone, rising)superfluous
• 多种/多種duō (first tone, high and level) zhǒng (third tone, dipping)many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
• 绝大多数/絕大多數jué (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)the vast majority