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几 (幾)

jǐ

Definition

how much
几点了？

What time is it?
how many
你有几个儿子？

How many children do you have?
several
我买了几个苹果。

I bought several apples.
a few
给我几个。

Give me a few. (on its own, 几 will indicate an uncertain number that is at least more than one, but less than ten)

Other pronunciations

jī

almost
(formal) nearly
practically
(small) table
phonetic and meaning component (small table and extended meanings)
radical (Kang Xi 16)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (38)

wind; meaning component (wind); radical (Kang Xi 182); news; style; custom; manner

machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point; flexible (quick-witted); organic

ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale

bright; to shine

boat; ship

to lean (against, on); to rely (on); on the basis (of); no matter (how, what etc); proof

tiger

phoenix

triumphant; victorious; chi (Greek letter Χχ)

along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge

earlobe; classifier (for flowers, clouds etc); measure word; flower; cluster of flowers

to admire; to respect; to wear (belt, at the waist, etc); girdle ornaments

to respect; to wear (belt etc)

girdle ornaments

flesh; muscle

incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb

lead (chemistry)

grumble

bald; blunt

hungry

bench; stool

high; overbearing; excessive

phoenix

breakwater; jetty

to ridicule

morning; early; long-held; long-cherished

extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule

mallard; Anas platyrhyncha

irregular pearl

muntjac

meaning component (actions, hand-related...); radical (Kang Xi 79); linked to the character 手; spear (archaic); ancient weapon made of bamboo

drizzle; fine rain

beautiful

honest

mother

nymph of louse

(used in female names)

male phoenix; firebird

Related words (66)

(in question form) how many; a few; some; several; a little; two or three

several people (honorific); how many people?; Ladies and Gentlemen!

geometry; (literary) how much

several times (bigger); double, treble, quadruple etc

somewhat; a bit

several thousand

(dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...

several days; a few days; some days; how many days?

some years; How many years?; How old are you? (familiar, or to child, equivalent to 多大 for older person)

a few years; several years; how many years

what time (?); when (?)

several kinds

several times; many times; on several occasions; how many times

what time(?); when(?)

several hundred

to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)

(literary) how many; quite a few

geometry

geometric straight line

geometric quantity

several billion

for the past few days

for years; (for the) past few years; (for the past) several years

jǐ hé guāng xué

geometric optics

jǐ hé tuò pū

(math.) geometric topology

jǐ hé jí shù

geometric series

几何平均数

jǐ hé píng jūn shù

geometric mean

几何拓扑学

jǐ hé tuò pū xué

(math.) geometric topology

几何级数增长

jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎng

exponential increase

more than ten; more than 10; a dozen (or more)

several; some; many; a good few; quite a few; over; quite a few more; odd

very little; hardly any

soon; before long

more than a hundred

qián jǐ tiān

(a) few days before; (a) few days ago; (the) past few days; the other day

several years

which day of the week

(coll.) (I, you etc) have what status; who am I (you etc)

in recent years

(the) past few days; these days

bù zhī fán jǐ

one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases

dài shù jǐ hé

algebraic geometry

nèi zài jǐ hé

intrinsic geometry

fēn xíng jǐ hé

fractal geometry

shí jǐ gè yuè

ten months or so; about ten months

shuāng qū jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

shè yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry

píng miàn jǐ hé

plane geometry

wēi fēn jǐ hé

differential geometry

suǒ shèng wú jǐ

there is not much left

tóu yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry; same as 射影幾何|射影几何

céng jǐ hé shí

just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..

zuì jìn jǐ nián

the last few years; last several years; recent years

qiú miàn jǐ hé

spherical geometry

huà fǎ jǐ hé

descriptive Geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)

lì tǐ jǐ hé

solid geometry

jiě xī jǐ hé

analytic geometry; coordinate geometry

fēi ōu jǐ hé

non-Euclidean geometry

代数几何学

dài shù jǐ hé xué

algebraic geometry

内在几何学

nèi zài jǐ hé xué

intrinsic geometry

分形几何学

fēn xíng jǐ hé xué

fractal geometry

射影几何学

shè yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry

微分几何学

wēi fēn jǐ hé xué

differential geometry

投影几何学

tóu yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry; same as 射影幾何學|射影几何学

解析几何学

jiě xī jǐ hé xué

analytic geometry; coordinate geometry

非欧几何学

fēi ōu jǐ hé xué

non-Euclidean geometry

Idioms (5)

jǐ cì sān fān

(lit.) twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again

yī cù kě jǐ

to succeed at the first try (idiom); easy as pie; one can do it at once

liáo liáo wú jǐ

just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.

jí shēn yán jǐ

deep and detailed investigation (idiom)

shí wēi jiàn jǐ

(lit.) see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)

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