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舊

jiù

old, ancient; former, past

Strokes
17
Radical
臼
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 旧

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 旧, the simplified form of 舊. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这是个旧部件。

    Zhè shì Gè jiù bù jiàn

    This is an old unit.

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  • 这些是很旧的书。

    Zhè xiē shì hěn jiù de shū

    These are very old books.

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  • 他的房子又小又旧。

    Tā de fáng zi yòu xiǎo yòu jiù

    His house was small and old.

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  • 这是一封旧的信。

    Zhè shì yī fēng jiù de xìn

    This is an old letter.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 旧

  • 旧jiù 4old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
  • 依旧yī jiù 1–4 as before; still
  • 仍旧réng jiù 2–4 still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
  • 陈旧chén jiù 2–4 old-fashioned
  • 怀旧huái jiù 2–4 to feel nostalgic; nostalgia
  • 破旧pò jiù 4–4 shabby