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
lunar New Year
second-hand book; old book; ancient book
old court case; long-standing legal dispute
one's old profession; trade of one's forebears
old democratic revolution
old school; conservative faction
old version
old property (esp. inherited from former generation)
new ideas in an old form or frame
old illness; former affliction
old illness; former affliction
old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
old calendar; out-of-date customs
old acquaintance; former friend
Paleolithic Era
old term; old way of referring to sth
Old Testament; former agreement; former contract
Old Testament
old habit; former custom
stories passed on from former times; old anecdote
former appearance; what it used to look like
old verse; poetry in the old style
old tune; fig. conservative opinion; the same old stuff
repeat the same old line; be unoriginal