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HSK
2

long time

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jiu3 jiǔ

Meaning


Primary

long time

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [3] basement of the [-(o)u] bakery, sitting on the top of a 丿 slide. Beside him is a cake, and he cuts a 入 wedge of it, and sends it down the 丿 slide, the other end of which is a container for the 入 wedge. It slides down very slowly, moving no more than a centimeter a second... it's going to take a 久 long time for the 入 wedge to 丿 slide down to the bottom.

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