舊〔旧〕 gau⁶ {jiù}

(adjective) 1. ex-; (adjective) general term of something that is solid "一舊"

舊〔旧〕 gau⁶ {jiù}

1. old
2. opposite: new 新
3. former
4. worn (with age)

舊底〔旧-〕 gau⁶ dai² {jiù dǐ}

(noun / adverb) long ago; in the past; in the old days

舊款〔旧-〕 gau⁶ fun² {jiù kuǎn}

Old style; outdated style / fashion

舊日〔旧-〕 gau⁶ jat⁶ {jiùrì}

(noun) Days in the past

舊樓〔旧楼〕 gau⁶ lau² {jiù lóu}

Old buildings

舊歷〔旧历〕 gau⁶ lik⁶ {jiù lì}

Lunar calendar

舊生〔旧-〕 gau⁶ sang¹ {jiù shēng}

alumni; a student who has been in the school for some time (as opposed to new students)

舊時〔旧时〕 gau⁶ si⁴ {jiù shí}

(adverb) In the past, …

舊版〔旧-〕 gau⁶ baan² {jiù bǎn}

old version

舊病〔旧-〕 gau⁶ beng⁶ {jiù bìng}

1. old illness
2. former affliction

舊部〔旧-〕 gau⁶ bou⁶ {jiù bù}

one's former subordinates

舊前〔旧-〕 gau⁶ cin⁴ {jiù qián}

1. in the past
2. formerly

舊稱〔旧称〕 gau⁶ cing¹ {jiù chēng}

1. old term
2. old way of referring to sth

舊情〔旧-〕 gau⁶ cing⁴ {jiù qíng}

old affection

舊地〔旧-〕 gau⁶ dei⁶ {jiù dì}

1. once familiar places
2. former haunts

舊都〔旧-〕 gau⁶ dou¹ {jiù dū}

old capital

舊貨〔旧货〕 gau⁶ fo³ {jiù huò}

1. second-hand goods
2. used items for sale

舊家〔旧-〕 gau⁶ gaa¹ {jiù jiā}

notable former families

舊交〔旧-〕 gau⁶ gaau¹ {jiù jiāo}

1. old friend
2. former acquaintance

舊教〔旧-〕 gau⁶ gaau³ {jiù jiào}

1. old teachings
2. wisdom from the past
3. old church
4. the Catholic church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教

舊居〔旧-〕 gau⁶ geoi¹ {jiù jū}

1. old residence
2. former home

舊故〔旧-〕 gau⁶ gu³ {jiù gù}

1. old friend
2. former acquaintance

舊觀〔旧观〕 gau⁶ gun¹ {jiù guān}

1. former appearance
2. what it used to look like

舊貫〔旧贯〕 gau⁶ gun³ {jiù guàn}

1. old system
2. former rules

舊國〔旧国〕 gau⁶ gwok³ {jiù guó}

old capital

舊學〔旧学〕 gau⁶ hok⁶ {jiù xué}

1. old learning
2. Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West

舊好〔旧-〕 gau⁶ hou² {jiù hǎo}

old friendship

舊日〔旧-〕 gau⁶ jat⁶ {jiù rì}

1. former times
2. olden days

舊遊〔旧游〕 gau⁶ jau⁴ {jiù yóu}

1. place one has previously visited
2. old haunts

舊友〔旧-〕 gau⁶ jau⁵ {jiù yǒu}

old friend

舊業〔旧业〕 gau⁶ jip⁶ {jiù yè}

1. one's old profession
2. trade of one's forebears

舊約〔旧约〕 gau⁶ joek³ {jiù yuē}

1. former agreement
2. former contract

舊約〔旧约〕 gau⁶ joek³ {Jiù yuē}

Old Testament

舊雨〔旧-〕 gau⁶ jyu⁵ {jiù yǔ}

old friends

舊怨〔旧-〕 gau⁶ jyun³ {jiù yuàn}

1. old grievance
2. former complaint

舊例〔旧-〕 gau⁶ lai⁶ {jiù lì}

1. old rules
2. example from the past
3. former practices

舊曆〔旧历〕 gau⁶ lik⁶ {jiù lì}

1. old calendar
2. the Chinese lunar calendar
3. same as 農曆

舊貌〔旧-〕 gau⁶ maau⁶ {jiù mào}

1. old look
2. former appearance

舊聞〔旧闻〕 gau⁶ man⁴ {jiù wén}

1. old anecdote
2. stories passed on from former times

舊物〔旧-〕 gau⁶ mat⁶ {jiù wù}

1. old property (esp. inherited from former generation)
2. former territory

舊名〔旧-〕 gau⁶ meng² {jiù míng}

former name

舊夢〔旧梦〕 gau⁶ mung⁶ {jiù mèng}

old dreams

舊年〔旧-〕 gau⁶ nin² {jiù nián}

1. last year
2. the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)

舊惡〔旧恶〕 gau⁶ ok³ {jiù è}

1. old wrong
2. past grievance
3. wickedness of former times

舊案〔旧-〕 gau⁶ on³ {jiù àn}

1. old court case
2. long-standing legal dispute

舊派〔旧-〕 gau⁶ paai³ {jiù pài}

1. old school
2. conservative faction

舊詩〔旧诗〕 gau⁶ si¹ {jiù shī}

1. old verse
2. poetry in the old style

舊時〔旧时〕 gau⁶ si⁴ {jiù shí}

1. in former times
2. the olden days

舊事〔旧-〕 gau⁶ si⁶ {jiù shì}

1. old affair
2. former matter

舊式〔旧-〕 gau⁶ sik¹ {jiù shì}

old style

舊識〔旧识〕 gau⁶ sik¹ {jiù shí}

1. former acquaintance
2. old friend

舊書〔旧书〕 gau⁶ syu¹ {jiù shū}

1. second-hand book
2. old book
3. ancient book

舊損〔旧损〕 gau⁶ syun² {jiù sǔn}

1. old and damaged
2. in disrepair

舊態〔旧态〕 gau⁶ taai³ {jiù tài}

1. old posture
2. former situation

舊體〔旧体〕 gau⁶ tai² {jiù tǐ}

1. old form of writing
2. piece in the old style

舊宅〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zaak⁶ {jiù zhái}

former residence

舊習〔旧习〕 gau⁶ zaap⁶ {jiù xí}

1. old habit
2. former custom

舊制〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zai³ {jiù zhì}

1. old system
2. weights and measures of former times

舊疾〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zat⁶ {jiù jí}

1. old illness
2. former affliction

舊知〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zi¹ {jiù zhī}

1. old acquaintance
2. former friend

舊址〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zi² {jiù zhǐ}

1. former site
2. old location

舊跡〔旧迹〕 gau⁶ zik¹ {jiù jì}

1. old traces
2. signs from the past

舊賬〔旧账〕 gau⁶ zoeng³ {jiù zhàng}

1. lit. old account
2. old debt
3. fig. old scores to settle
4. old quarrels
5. old grudge

舊俗〔旧-〕 gau⁶ zuk⁶ {jiù sú}

1. former custom
2. old ways

舊歷年〔旧历-〕 gau⁶ lik⁶ nin⁴ {jiù lì nián}

Chinese new year

舊城區〔旧-区〕 gau⁶ sing⁴ keoi¹ {jiù chéng qū}

Old Town District

舊體字〔旧体-〕 gau⁶ tai² zi⁶ {jiù tǐ zì}

traditional Chinese characters

舊陣時〔旧阵时〕 gau⁶ zan⁶ si⁴ {jiù zhèn shí}

(noun / adverb) long ago; in the past; in the old days

舊招牌〔旧--〕 gau⁶ ziu¹ paai⁴ {jiù zhāo pai}

an old established business

舊大陸〔旧-陆〕 gau⁶ daai⁶ luk⁶ {jiù dà lù}

1. the Old World
2. Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸 or the Americas

舊調子〔旧调-〕 gau⁶ diu⁶ zi² {jiù diào zi}

1. old tune
2. fig. conservative opinion
3. the same old stuff

舊金山〔旧--〕 gau⁶ gam¹ saan¹ {Jiù jīn shān}

San Francisco, California

舊曆年〔旧历-〕 gau⁶ lik⁶ nin⁴ {jiù lì nián}

lunar New Year

舊時代〔旧时-〕 gau⁶ si⁴ doi⁶ {jiù shí dài}

1. former times
2. the olden days

舊體詩〔旧体诗〕 gau⁶ tai² si¹ {jiù tǐ shī}

poetry in the old style

舊唐書〔旧-书〕 gau⁶ tong⁴ syu¹ {Jiù Táng shū}

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

舊皇曆〔旧-历〕 gau⁶ wong⁴ lik⁶ {jiù huáng li}

1. old calendar
2. out-of-date customs

舊制度〔旧--〕 gau⁶ zai³ dou⁶ {jiù zhì dù}

old system

舊病復發〔旧-复发〕 gau⁶ beng⁶ fuk⁶ faat³ {jiù bìng fù fā}

1. old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
2. fig. to repeat an old error
3. the same old problem

舊車市場〔旧车-场〕 gau⁶ ce¹ si⁵ coeng⁴ {jiù chē shì chǎng}

1. second-hand car market
2. used bike market

舊地重遊〔旧--游〕 gau⁶ dei⁶ cung⁴ jau⁴ {jiù dì chóng yóu}

to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane

舊調重彈〔旧调-弹〕 gau⁶ diu⁶ cung⁴ taan⁴ {jiù diào chóng tán}

1. replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
2. to keep harping on about the same old stuff

舊貨市場〔旧货-场〕 gau⁶ fo³ si⁵ coeng⁴ {jiù huò shì chǎng}

1. sale of second-hand goods
2. flea market

舊景重現〔旧--现〕 gau⁶ ging² cung⁴ jin⁶ {jiù jǐng chóng xiàn}

evocation of the past

舊約全書〔旧约-书〕 gau⁶ joek³ cyun⁴ syu¹ {Jiù yuē quán shū}

Old Testament

舊五代史〔旧---〕 gau⁶ ng⁵ doi⁶ si² {Jiù Wǔ dài shǐ}

History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls

舊愁新恨〔旧---〕 gau⁶ sau⁴ san¹ han⁶ {jiù chóu xīn hèn}

old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

舊大埔墟站〔旧----〕 gau⁶ daai⁶ bou³ heoi¹ zaam⁶ {jiù Dà bù xū zhàn}

Old Tai Po Market Station, a railway station in Hong Kong

舊瓶裝新酒〔旧-装--〕 gau⁶ ping⁴ zong¹ san¹ zau² {jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ}

1. lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
2. (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

舊石器時代〔旧--时-〕 gau⁶ sek⁶ hei³ si⁴ doi⁶ {Jiù shí qì Shí dài}

Paleolithic Era

舊民主主義革命〔旧---义--〕 gau⁶ man⁴ zyu² zyu² ji⁶ gaak³ ming⁶ {jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng}

1. old democratic revolution
2. bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

舊的不去，新的不來〔旧-------来〕 gau⁶ dik¹ bat¹ heoi³ ，san¹ dik¹ bat¹ loi⁴ {jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái}

1. lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
2. You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.