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几 (幾)

jī

Definition

almost
到会者几三百人。

Almost three hundred people came to the meeting.
(formal) nearly
practically
(small) table
客厅的中央是一个茶几。

In the center of the living room is a coffee table.
phonetic and meaning component (small table and extended meanings)
radical (Kang Xi 16)

几 is also a phonetic component

Learn more about 几 as a component in other characters: 几 the phonetic component

Other pronunciations

jǐ

how much
how many
several
a few

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 (20)

chitin

almost; nearly; practically; approximately

not much; very little (e.g. difference)

tiny; infinitesimal

table; long table

almost; nearly going to

probability; odds

almost

to admonish (a senior person); a euphemism politely criticizing an older person

to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of

chitin

hardly; seems not

jī hū wán quán

almost entirely; almost completely

jī kě luàn zhēn

to seem almost genuine; easily mistaken for the real thing

to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)

similar; almost; if only; maybe

long narrow table

small side table; coffee table; teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)

a small table to accommodate an incense burner

(dialect) extremely

Idioms (3)

duī àn yíng jī

(lit.) piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work

míng chuāng jìng jī

(lit.) clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)

chuāng míng jī jìng

(lit.) clear window and clean table (idiom); (fig.) bright and clean

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