恒久 (héng jiǔ) — lasting, enduring, perpetual | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Formal/literary adjective meaning 'lasting, enduring' — stronger and more written than 永久, often used for abstract things like love or friendship.

adjective

lastingenduringperpetual

Examples

恒久。
héng jiǔ De ài qíng xū yào liǎng rén gòng tóng jīng yíng.
Lasting love requires joint effort from two people.
恒久。
Zhǐ yǒu zhēn chéng de yǒu yì cái néng héng jiǔ.
Only sincere friendship can be enduring.
恒久。
héng jiǔ Bú biàn de shì fù mǔ duì hái zi de ài.
What remains unchanging and enduring is parents' love for their children.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

恒héngconstant

恒 (constant) and 久 (long) reinforce each other to mean enduring.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 恆; 恒 is its simplified writing.

心心xīnheart
亙亙gènpartial moon

The traditional form 恆 pairs 心, a heart, with 亙, a partial moon, which provides the sound; 恒 is a later simplified shape.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

久 likely came from a simple drawing of an arrow tip.

Appears in

Time (Abstract)

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