旧 (舊) jiù

1. jiù adjective old; ancient
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: 旧 is used for inanimate objects, such as buildings, etc rather than 老 (CC-CEDICT '舊'; Guoyu '舊' adj; Unihan '舊')
2. jiù adjective former; past
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Unihan '舊')
3. jiù noun old friend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '舊' n)

Contained in

• 恋旧情结(戀舊情結) dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
• 新愁旧恨(新愁舊恨) new worries added to old hatred; afflicted by problems old and new
• 古旧 archaic ; archaic
• 叙旧(敘舊) to reminisce; to talk about former times
• 旧派(舊派) old school; conservative faction
• 送旧迎新(送舊迎新) usher out the old, greet the new; especially to see in the New Year
• 旧石器(舊石器) Paleolithic Era
• 故旧不弃(故舊不棄) do not neglect old friends
• 汰旧换新(汰舊換新) out with the old and in with the new
• 旧业(舊業) one's old profession; trade of one's forebears
• 旧诗(舊詩) old verse; poetry in the old style
• 旧约(舊約) former agreement; former contract
• 仍旧(仍舊) still; yet ; to remain the same
• 重提旧事(重提舊事) to raise the same old topic again; to hark back
• 旧章(舊章) old laws
• 陈规旧习(陳規舊習) old rules and customs
• 旧时(舊時) in former times
• 重历旧游(重歷舊遊) to revisit; to return to a previously visited spot
• 旧社会(舊社會) old society
• 复旧(復舊) to restore old way; to return to the past
• 旧游(舊遊) place one has previously visited; old haunts
• 旧的不去，新的不来(舊的不去，新的不來) If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.; You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
• 除旧更新(除舊更新) to replace the old with new
• 旧约全书(舊約全書) Old Testament
• 旧制(舊制) previous system
• 旧前(舊前) in the past; formerly
• 破四旧(破四舊) Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
• 守旧派(守舊派) the conservative faction; reactionaries
• 旧教(舊教) old teachings; wisdom from the past; old church; the Catholic church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教
• 旧字体(舊字體) kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
• 旧名(舊名) former name
• 破旧立新(破舊立新) to get rid of the old to bring in the new; to innovate
• 旧国(舊國) old capital
• 旧事(舊事) old affair; former matter
• 故旧(故舊) old friends
• 陈旧(陳舊) old fashioned; stale
• 旧历(舊曆) the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
• 旧约圣经(舊約聖經) Old Testament
• 折旧(折舊) depreciation
• 重操旧业(重操舊業) to resume one's old trade
• 旧识(舊識) former acquaintance; old friend
• 旧式(舊式) old style
• 折旧率(折舊率) rate of deprecation
• 弃旧换新(棄舊換新) discard the old and change it for the new
• 旧故(舊故) old friend; former acquaintance
• 旧案(舊案) old court case; long-standing legal dispute
• 宿将旧卒(宿將舊卒) veteran commander and experienced soldiers
• 破旧(破舊) old and shabby

Also contained in

旧港 、 旧金山 、 四旧

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷30　志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 209
• 卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 173
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 134
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 133
• 卷29　志第24 地理上 Volume 29 Treatises 24: Geography 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 120
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 116
• 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 107
• 卷三十七 志第二十七 州郡三 Volume 37 Treatises 27: Administrative Districts 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 104
• 卷三十六 志第二十六 州郡二 Volume 36 Treatises 26: Administrative Districts 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 102
• 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 100

Collocations

• 旧君 (舊君) 五難以殺舊君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 旧德 (舊德) 穆公不忘舊德 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 旧邦 (舊邦) 周雖舊邦 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 5
• 修旧 (修舊) 修舊也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 忘旧 (忘舊) 得寵而忘舊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 旧勳 (舊勳) 且由舊勳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 5
• 旧服 (舊服) 纘禹舊服 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 3
• 旧法 (舊法) 奉之以舊法 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 旧馆 (舊館) 遇舊館人之喪 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 2
• 求旧 (求舊) 人惟求舊 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — count: 2