良久

Chinese

		good; very; very much	(long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad. (良久)		良	久

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ gau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liángjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liángjiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: liang²-chiu³
  - Yale: lyáng-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangjeou
  - Palladius: лянцзю (ljanczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ gau²
  - Yale: lèuhng gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ kɐu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ljang kjuwX

Rime
Character	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	呂章切	舉有切
Baxter	ljang	kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/kɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/kiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/kiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/kuw^X/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/kiu^X/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/kĭəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/ki̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng⁴	gau²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ [k]ʷəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raŋ kʷlɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liáng	jiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljang ›	‹ kjuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ/	/*[k]ʷəʔ/
English	good	a long time
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	良	久
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8046	6969
Phonetic component	良	久
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		久
Old Chinese	/*raŋ/	/*kʷlɯʔ/
Notes	甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文，王侍從常在廊，遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

Adverb

良久

(literary) after a while; for a while

Synonyms

很久 (hěn jiǔ)

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