久 jiǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
久违
jiǔwéi
long-awaited; not seen for a long time
Characters in this word
违 wéi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 韦 tanned leather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 阔别十年后，他终于听到了久违的乡音，眼眶一下子湿了。 Kuòbié shí nián hòu, tā zhōngyú tīngdào le jiǔwéi de xiāngyīn, yǎnkuàng yí xiàzi shī le. After ten years away, he finally heard the long-missed accent of his hometown, and his eyes suddenly grew moist.
- 久违了，老朋友，你还是老样子。 Jiǔwéi le, lǎo péngyou, nǐ háishi lǎo yàngzi. Long time no see, old friend; you haven't changed a bit.
- 下了一周的雨，今天终于见到了久违的阳光。 Xià le yì zhōu de yǔ, jīntiān zhōngyú jiàndào le jiǔwéi de yángguāng. After a week of rain, today we finally saw the long-missed sunshine.
Related words
- 不久 bùjiǔ soon; before long
- 多久 duōjiǔ how long; how often
- 好久 hǎojiǔ a long time
- 久 jiǔ long time
- 持久 chíjiǔ lasting, enduring
- 经久不息 jīngjiǔbùxī to continue for a long time without stopping
- 久仰 jiǔyǎng I have long admired you; I have long heard of you
- 天长地久 tiānchángdìjiǔ everlasting; enduring forever
- 永久 yǒngjiǔ permanent; everlasting
- 违法 wéifǎ to break the law; illegal
- 违反 wéifǎn to violate; to go against
- 违规 wéiguī to break rules; against rules