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Chinese symbol for “prolonged”

经久不息
jīng jiǔ bù xī
Traditional: 經久不息
(idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prolonged is 经久不息 (jīng jiǔ bù xī), defined as: (idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
久 jiǔ
long ago; a long time
radical 4 ⼃ · 3 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
息 xī
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “prolonged”

WordPinyinMeaning
绵长 (綿長)mián chánglong and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive
悠长 (悠長)yōu chánglong; drawn-out

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经久不息.

WordPinyinMeaning
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
曾经 (曾經)céng jīngonce; already
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long
多久duō jiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
不是bù shìno; is not
信息xìn xīinformation; news; message

See also: Japanese symbol for “prolonged”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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