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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jiù - old
- opposite: new 新
- former
- worn (with age)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 3 1,743 1,834 2,153

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Older than 丨 the sun 日

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 3 1,743 1,834 2,153
旧金山 - - 4,123 16,609 20,864
仍旧 6 5 5,658 9,839 12,502
依旧 6 5 6,261 3,002 1,849
怀旧 - 8 10,769 12,910 6,494
旧事 - - 13,398 35,885 25,245
叙旧 - - 14,072 45,989 28,266
破旧 - 8 14,149 16,723 19,910
陈旧 6 8 15,282 13,559 21,781
旧货 - - 16,585 31,397 42,344
旧约 - - 16,930 - -
照旧 - - 17,030 32,114 23,346
重操旧业 - - 17,707 55,659 49,878
守旧 - - 19,115 45,213 43,708
个旧 - - 19,501 36,108 30,558
旧情 - - 19,535 33,203 20,775
旧式 - - 20,969 33,947 48,372
旧日 - - 21,347 38,497 26,991
旧案 - - 22,234 89,924 105,630
旧账 - - 24,508 56,994 53,320
旧时 - - 25,008 25,372 14,499
旧书 - - 27,821 38,862 29,580
废旧 - - 28,957 14,790 23,736
古旧 - - 31,070 48,310 50,877
旧病 - - 31,859 103,558 86,856
旧物 - - 31,864 55,330 35,477
守旧派 - - 33,245 - -
旧闻 - - 36,746 65,438 44,792
喜新厌旧 - - 38,726 37,547 18,460
重温旧梦 - - 40,504 93,571 59,652
旧地重游 - - 41,643 84,638 51,302
旧部 - - 42,407 50,776 72,102
因循守旧 - - 44,778 53,525 91,912
旧址 - - 44,884 21,742 36,612
念旧 - - 45,328 41,464 18,477
旧习 - - 46,091 87,728 99,339
旧地 - - 48,282 72,174 60,225
旧俗 - - 52,596 82,278 86,441
旧交 - - 52,602 - -
旧友 - - 52,657 64,252 43,289
旧貌 - - 52,943 70,380 74,040
旧居 - - 67,687 42,246 57,731
恋旧 - - 68,921 62,155 29,927
旧制 - - 71,487 61,597 102,034
旧宅 - - 71,661 73,955 76,135