好久 hǎojiǔ quite a while
How to remember 好久: 好 good + 久 long time = quite a while.
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How it is used
- 'A long while' - most famous in 好久不见 (hǎojiǔ bú jiàn) long time no see. Also 我等了好久 (wǒ děng le hǎojiǔ) I waited a long time.
- Here 好 is not 'good' but an intensifier meaning 'quite/very,' the same 好 as in 好多 and 好冷.
Example sentences
- 好久不见了。 Hǎojiǔbújiàn le.Long time no see.
- 真是好久不见啊 Zhēnshì hǎojiǔbújiàn aLong time, no see.
- 我好久不见他了。 Wǒ hǎojiǔbújiàn tā le.I've not seen him in a long time.