jiù

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Definitions

  1. 1. opposite: new 新
  2. 2. former
  3. 3. worn (with age)

Words Containing 旧

仍旧
réng jiù

still (remaining)

依旧
yī jiù

as before

怀旧
huái jiù

to feel nostalgic

破旧
pò jiù

shabby

一切如旧
yī qiè rú jiù

everything as before

个旧
gè jiù

Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[hóng hé hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì zhōu]

个旧市
gè jiù shì

Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[hóng hé hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì zhōu]

古旧
gǔ jiù

archaic

因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù

diehard conservative attitudes

守旧
shǒu jiù

conservative

废旧
fèi jiù

worn out

复旧
fù jiù

to return to the past

怀旧感
huái jiù gǎn

feeling of nostalgia

恋旧
liàn jiù

see 懷舊|怀旧[huái jiù]

恋旧情结
liàn jiù qíng jié

dwelling on the past

折旧
zhé jiù

depreciation

折旧率
zhé jiù lǜ

rate of deprecation

叙旧
xù jiù

to reminisce

弃旧图新
qì jiù tú xīn

to turn over a new leaf

照旧
zhào jiù

as before

率由旧章
shuài yóu jiù zhāng

to follow a proven formula

老旧
lǎo jiù

outmoded

腐旧
fǔ jiù

outmoded

旧事
jiù shì

former matter

旧五代史
jiù wǔ dài shǐ

History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls

旧交
jiù jiāo

former acquaintance

旧例
jiù lì

example from the past

旧制
jiù zhì

weights and measures of former times

旧前
jiù qián

in the past

旧名
jiù míng

former name

旧唐书
jiù táng shū

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[liú xù] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[hòu jìn] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

旧地
jiù dì

once familiar places

旧大陆
jiù dà lù

Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xīn dà lù] or the Americas

旧字体
jiù zì tǐ

kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946

旧学
jiù xué

Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West

旧宅
jiù zhái

former residence

旧家
jiù jiā

notable former families

旧居
jiù jū

former home

旧年
jiù nián

last year

旧怨
jiù yuàn

former complaint

旧恶
jiù è

past grievance

旧态
jiù tài

former situation

旧态复萌
jiù tài fù méng

see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gù tài fù méng]

旧损
jiù sǔn

in disrepair

旧故
jiù gù

former acquaintance

旧日
jiù rì

former times

旧时
jiù shí

in former times

旧时代
jiù shí dài

former times

旧景重现
jiù jǐng chóng xiàn

evocation of the past

旧历
jiù lì

the Chinese lunar calendar

旧历年
jiù lì nián

lunar New Year

旧书
jiù shū

second-hand book

旧案
jiù àn

long-standing legal dispute

旧业
jiù yè

trade of one's forebears

旧民主主义革命
jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

旧派
jiù pài

conservative faction

旧物
jiù wù

former territory

旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ

(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

旧疾
jiù jí

former affliction

旧病
jiù bìng

former affliction

旧皇历
jiù huáng li

out-of-date customs

旧知
jiù zhī

former friend

旧石器时代
jiù shí qì shí dài

Paleolithic Era

旧约
jiù yuē

former agreement

旧习
jiù xí

former custom

旧闻
jiù wén

outdated news

旧观
jiù guān

former appearance

旧调子
jiù diào zi

fig. conservative opinion

旧识
jiù shí

former acquaintance

旧貌
jiù mào

former appearance

旧货
jiù huò

second-hand goods

旧货市场
jiù huò shì chǎng

sale of second-hand goods

旧贯
jiù guàn

former rules

旧迹
jiù jì

signs from the past

旧车市场
jiù chē shì chǎng

second-hand car market

旧游
jiù yóu

place one has previously visited

旧部
jiù bù

one's former subordinates

旧金山
jiù jīn shān

San Francisco, California

话旧
huà jiù

to reminisce

送旧迎新
sòng jiù yíng xīn

esp. to see in the New Year

重修旧好
chóng xiū jiù hǎo

to make friends again

重提旧事
chóng tí jiù shì

to hark back

重历旧游
chóng lì jiù yóu

to revisit

陈旧
chén jiù

old-fashioned