永久 meaning in English

yǒngjiǔ

everlasting; perpetual

HSK 7-9adjective8 strokes

Meaning of 永久

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǒngjiǔ
  1. everlasting
  2. perpetual
  3. lasting
  4. forever
  5. permanent

永久 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ还hái年nián轻qīng,可kě是shì没méi有yǒu永yǒng久jiǔ。
You're still young, but not permanently.
请qǐng给gěi我wǒ你nǐ的de永yǒng久jiǔ地dì址zhǐ。
Please give me your permanent address.
肯kěn尼ní迪dí总zǒng统tǒng被bèi刺cì杀shā了le,但dàn是shì他tā的de传chuán奇qí会huì永yǒng久jiǔ长cháng存cún。
President Kennedy was killed, but his legend will live on forever.
加jiā拿ná大dà努nǔ纳nà武wǔ特tè地dì区qū的de阿ā勒lēi特tè是shì世shì界jiè上shàng最zuì北běi端duān的de永yǒng久jiǔ居jū住zhù地dì。
Alert, in Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

永 yǒng · long · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

久 jiǔ · long · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 永久.

永远yǒngyuǎnforever; eternal
多久duōjiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
不久bùjiǔnot long (after); before too long
好久hǎojiǔ(coll.) a long time
长久chángjiǔlong-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent
永不yǒng bùnever; will never
永恒yǒnghéngeternal; everlasting
持久chíjiǔlasting; enduring
前不久qiánbùjiǔnot long ago; not long before
久仰jiǔyǎnghonorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.
久违jiǔwéito go a long time without seeing, hearing, visiting, experiencing etc (sb or sth)
悠久yōujiǔlong (tradition, history etc)

Questions about 永久

What does 永久 mean?

永久 (yǒngjiǔ) means "everlasting; perpetual" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 永久?

永久 is made of 2 characters: 永 (5 strokes), 久 (3 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 永久 an HSK word?

Yes. 永久 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.