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Meaning of 旧

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(Trad.: 舊)
Pinyin: jiù
English Definition: old; opposite: new ; former; worn (with age)
Chinese Definition:
①过时的,与“新”相对:旧式。旧俗。
②东西因经过长时间而变了样子:旧衣服。旧书。
③原先曾有过的,过去很长时间的:旧居。旧友。
④有交情,有交情的人:故旧(指老朋友)。念旧(怀念旧日情谊)。
⑤陈新。
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Total strokes: 5; Radical:
Ideographic: Older than the sun
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Example Words
依旧 jiù as before; still
仍旧 réng jiù still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
陈旧 chén jiù old-fashioned
破旧 jiù shabby
废旧 fèi jiù worn out; old-fashioned and dilapidated
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Example Sentences
1
We are going to move out of our old house next month.
2
"All the old people & the old places, they make me feel like an amphibian detained forcibly on dry land, very very dry land, " he wrote.
3
Mary can get by with her old coat this winter.
4
Your shoes are worn. Buy a new pair.
5
All the old trades have been cooperativized.