jiù

old; opposite: new xīn; former

Character data

Radical ⾅ (134.12)
Strokes 17
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

舊 jiù
  1. 1. old
  2. 2. opposite: new xīn
  3. 3. former
  4. 4. worn (with age)

Words containing 舊

Word Meaning
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
to turn over a new leaf
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
as before; as in the past
to follow a proven formula
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
shabby
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
old-fashioned; outmoded
outmoded; decaying; decadent
former matter; old affair
Old History of the Five Dynasties
old friend; former acquaintance
old rules; example from the past; former practices
former custom; old ways
old system; weights and measures of former times
in the past; formerly
old friend
former name
Old Book of Tang; early official history of Tang
old capital
once familiar places; former haunts
to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane