义项
时间长
Long in time only. A long road, a long book or a long river is 长; only a wait, a silence or an absence is 久. 好久不见 — long time no see — is the phrase you will hear it in first.
adjective
例句
- 你等了很久吗?你等了很久嗎?Nǐ (third tone, dipping) děngle (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) jiǔ (third tone, dipping) ma? (neutral tone)···
Have you been waiting long?
- 我们很久没见面了。我們很久沒見面了。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) jiǔ (third tone, dipping) méi (second tone, rising) jiànmiàn (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)···
We haven’t seen each other for a long time.
常见错误
不太对这条路很久。
正确这条路很长。
久 measures duration, 长 measures extent. A road has length, so it is 长; the walk along it can be 久.