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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prolonged”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绵长 (綿長) | mián cháng | long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive |
| 悠长 (悠長) | yōu cháng | long; drawn-out |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 经久不息.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy; economic |
| 经过 (經過) | jīng guò | to pass; to go through |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 曾经 (曾經) | céng jīng | once; already |
| 经历 (經歷) | jīng lì | to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì)) |
| 不久 | bù jiǔ | not long (after); before too long |
| 多久 | duō jiǔ | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; 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.