jiù

HSK 3
common
adjective
noun

Meaning of

旧 means old; out-of-date; outmoded; worn-out; faded; used. Pronounced jiù. HSK 3.

  • old; out-of-date; outmoded
  • worn-out; faded; used
  • former; previous; past

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

men
yīng
gāi
pāo
jiù
shí
dài
de
luò
hòu
guān
niàn
 

We should abandon the backward ideas of the old era.

hái
zài
shǐ使
yòng
jiù
jīng
yàn
lái
jiě
jué
xīn
wèn
 

He is still using old experience to solve new problems.

Jiù
Zhōng
guó
bǎo
shòu
liè
qiáng
de
qīn
lüè
 

Old China suffered from invasion and oppression by great powers.

yào
yòng
jiù
nǎo
jīn
duì
dài
xīn
shì
 

Don't use outdated thinking to deal with new things.

Zhè
jiā
jiù
shū
diàn
yǒu
hěn
duō
zhēn
guì
de
lǎo
zhì
 

This secondhand bookstore has many precious old magazines.