多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 赶紧 趕緊 gǎn jǐn hurriedly / without delay syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 及时 及時 jí shí timely / at the right time / promptly / without delay syn 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài (idiom) unable to hold oneself back / eager to do sth without delay syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 拖延 tuō yán to delay / to put off / to procrastinate syn 耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry / to delay / to stop over syn 延长 延長 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 延期 yán qī to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 延迟 延遲 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag syn 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 延误 延誤 yán wu to delay / to be held up / to miss (an opportunity) / delay / holdup syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 刻不容缓 刻不容緩 kè bù róng huǎn to brook no delay / to demand immediate action syn 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 亟待 jí dài to need urgently / to need doing without delay syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 迟滞 遲滯 chí zhì delay / procrastination syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 延后 延後 yán hòu to postpone / to defer / to delay 贻误 貽誤 yí wù to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead syn 迟延 遲延 chí yán to delay syn 时延 時延 shí yán (electronics) delay / latency 推 tuī to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage syn 拖 tuō to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on syn 误 誤 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly syn 挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle syn 延 yán to prolong / to extend / to delay syn 耗 hào to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally syn 淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn 奄 yān variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay 佻 tiāo frivolous / unsteady / delay 押车 押車 yā chē to escort (goods) during transportation / to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) syn 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 长 長 cháng length / long / forever / always / constantly syn 只要 zhǐ yào so long as / provided / if syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 想念 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 渴望 kě wàng to thirst for / to long for syn 万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn 总算 總算 zǒng suàn at long last / finally / on the whole syn 使命 shǐ mìng mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn 漫长 漫長 màn cháng very long / endless syn 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 久等 jiǔ děng to wait for a long time 梦寐以求 夢寐以求 mèng mèi yǐ qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for / to covet syn 长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom) 思念 sī niàn to think of / to long for / to miss syn 不久前 bù jiǔ qián not long ago syn 大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal) 长发 長髮 cháng fà long hair 漫漫 màn màn long / endless / boundless syn 持久 chí jiǔ lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 长途 長途 cháng tú long distance syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 巴不得 bā bu de (coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to syn 渴求 kě qiú to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire syn 终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long syn 悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) syn 累赘 纍贅 léi zhuì superfluous / cumbersome / a burden on sb / a nuisance to sb / to inconvenience / to tie sb down / long-winded (of writing) / also pr. [lei2 zhui5] syn 已然 yǐ rán already / to be already so / to have long been the case syn 憧憬 chōng jǐng to long for / to look forward to syn 长寿 長壽 cháng shòu longevity / long-lived syn 披肩 pī jiān cape / shawl / (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders syn 离别 離別 lí bié to leave (on a long journey) / to part from sb syn 投掷 投擲 tóu zhì to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin) syn 许久 許久 xǔ jiǔ for a long time / for ages syn 深远 深遠 shēn yuǎn far-reaching / profound and long-lasting syn 远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home syn 冗长 冗長 rǒng cháng long and tedious / redundant / superfluous / supernumerary / verbose (of writing) syn 遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo lǐng xiān a long way in front / to lead by a wide margin syn 长假 長假 cháng jià long vacation 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 