| 旧 | jiù | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) |
| 旧制 | jiù zhì | old system; weights and measures of former times |
| 旧学 | jiù xué | old learning; Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West |
| 旧事 | jiù shì | old affair; former matter |
| 旧民主主义革命 | jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng | old democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 旧金山 | Jiù jīn shān | San Francisco, California |
| 旧日 | jiù rì | former times; olden days |
| 旧时 | jiù shí | in former times; the olden days |
| 旧历 | jiù lì | old calendar; the Chinese lunar calendar; same as 农历 |
| 旧居 | jiù jū | old residence; former home |
| 旧址 | jiù zhǐ | former site; old location |
| 旧书 | jiù shū | second-hand book; old book; ancient book |
| 旧物 | jiù wù | old property (esp. inherited from former generation); former territory |
| 旧国 | jiù guó | old capital |
| 旧教 | jiù jiào | old teachings; wisdom from the past; old church; the Catholic church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教 |
| 旧时代 | jiù shí dài | former times; the olden days |
| 旧闻 | jiù wén | old anecdote; stories passed on from former times |
| 旧观 | jiù guān | former appearance; what it used to look like |
| 旧诗 | jiù shī | old verse; poetry in the old style |
| 旧地 | jiù dì | once familiar places; former haunts |
| 旧五代史 | 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 |
| 旧交 | jiù jiāo | old friend; former acquaintance |
| 旧例 | jiù lì | old rules; example from the past; former practices |
| 旧俗 | jiù sú | former custom; old ways |
| 旧制度 | jiù zhì dù | old system |
| 旧前 | jiù qián | in the past; formerly |
| 旧友 | jiù yǒu | old friend |
| 旧名 | jiù míng | former name |
| 旧唐书 | Jiù Táng shū | History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls |
| 旧地重游 | jiù dì chóng yóu | to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane |
| 旧梦 | jiù mèng | old dreams |
| 旧大陆 | jiù dà lù | the Old World; Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陆 or the Americas |
| 旧好 | jiù hǎo | old friendship |
| 旧宅 | jiù zhái | former residence |
| 旧家 | jiù jiā | notable former families |
| 旧年 | jiù nián | last year; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) |
| 旧式 | jiù shì | old style |
| 旧怨 | jiù yuàn | old grievance; former complaint |
| 旧情 | jiù qíng | old affection |
| 旧恶 | jiù è | old wrong; past grievance; wickedness of former times |
| 旧愁新恨 | jiù chóu xīn hèn | old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new |
| 旧态 | jiù tài | old posture; former situation |
| 旧损 | jiù sǔn | old and damaged; in disrepair |
| 旧故 | jiù gù | old friend; former acquaintance |
| 旧景重现 | jiù jǐng chóng xiàn | to have flashbacks from the past (idiom) |
| 旧历年 | jiù lì nián | lunar New Year |
| 旧案 | jiù àn | old court case; long-standing legal dispute |
| 旧业 | jiù yè | one's old profession; trade of one's forebears |
| 旧派 | jiù pài | old school; conservative faction |
| 旧版 | jiù bǎn | old version |
