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多久
  • [duōjiǔ]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

多久 [duōjiǔ]
  1. 1. pronoun how long (used to ask for the duration of something)
    我们还要等多久啊?
    How long are we going to wait?
  2. 2. pronoun Used together with "没" to indicate a short period of time.
    多久,小李就跑不动了。
    It wasn't long before Xiaoli got out of breath and couldn't run any more.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

多久 [duōjiǔ]
  1. 1. 询问时间长短
    你等了多久
  2. 2. 和"没"连用,表示不长的时间
    住了没多久就搬家了。

Examples

我不打算在这里耽搁多久
I won't be here for long.
来了有多久
How long have you been here?
天晓得他在那儿待了多久
He stayed there God knows how long.
多久他就把那份家产折腾光了。
It didn't take him long to squander away his family fortune.
多久,小李就跑不动了。
It wasn't long before Xiaoli got out of breath and couldn't run any more.
这座孤城估计也坚守不了多久了。
This isolated city may not remain for too long.
他已经病得形销骨立了,不知还能挺多久
He is so sick that he is as thin as a skeleton. No one knows how much longer he can hold out.
这只鸡雏刚出生没多久,走路还不稳当呢。
This chick was born not long ago, and is not even able to walk steadily.
不知过了多久,我曚扙地睡着了。
I felt asleep drowsily before I knew it.

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