几 (幾)
Pinyin

Definition

几 (幾)
 - 
  1. how much
  2. how many
  3. several
  4. a few
几 (幾)
 - 
  1. almost
 - 
  1. small table

Character Decomposition

Compounds (34)

  1. 1 surname Ji
  1. 1 machine
  2. 2 engine
  3. 3 opportunity
  4. 4 intention
  5. 5 aircraft
  6. 6 pivot
  7. 7 crucial point
  8. 8 flexible (quick-witted)
  9. 9 organic
  10. 10 classifier: 台 tái
  1. 1 small table
  1. 1 almost
  1. 1 how much
  2. 2 how many
  3. 3 several
  4. 4 a few

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 small table
shí jǐ
  1. 1 more than ten
  2. 2 a dozen or more
hǎo jǐ
  1. 1 several
  2. 2 quite a few
jī hū
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 practically
jǐ qiān
  1. 1 several thousand

Idioms (8)

一蹴可几
yī cù kě jǐ
  1. 1 to succeed at the first try (idiom)
  2. 2 easy as pie
  3. 3 one can do it at once
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
寥寥无几
liáo liáo wú jǐ
  1. 1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
  2. 2 not many at all
  3. 3 You count them on your fingers.
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
明窗净几
míng chuāng jìng jī
  1. 1 lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)

Sample Sentences

现在很多学生,上课的时候不是在打盹儿,就是在和哥们儿聊天儿,没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了,很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ,shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr ,jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr ,méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ,hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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今天的表演几点开始?
jīntiān de biǎoyǎn jǐdiǎn kāishǐ ?
At what time does today's performance start?
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目前,欧洲多数高校采用录播、直播课程以及教学课件相结合的方式。英国伦敦大学教授宁陆涛说,几十年前,英国就已经开展网络教学,但多是线上和线下互相补充的混合授课。现在全面改为网络教学,还没有遇到很大的技术障碍,学生整体反馈比较好。
mùqián ,Ōuzhōu duōshù gāoxiào cǎiyòng lùbō 、zhíbō kèchéng yǐjí jiàoxué kèjiàn xiāng jiéhé de fāngshì 。Yīngguó Lúndūn dàxué jiàoshòu nínglùtāo shuō ,jǐ shínián qián ,Yīngguó jiù yǐjīng kāizhǎn Wǎngluò jiàoxué ,dàn duō shì xiànshàng hé xiànxià hùxiāng bǔchōng de hùnhéshòukè 。xiànzài quánmiàn gǎiwéi Wǎngluò jiàoxué ,hái méiyǒu yùdào hěn dà de jìshù zhàngài ,xuésheng zhěngtǐ fǎnkuì bǐjiào hǎo 。
Currently, most of the European universities are adopting the method of combining pre-recorded lessons, livestream lessons, and coursewares. Professor Ning Lu-Tao from University of London said that the UK launched online teaching several decades ago, but most of those mixed courses are complementary in terms of online and offline teaching. Now they have changed entirely to online teaching without facing severe technical challenges, and received better overall feedback from the students.
哇!你看!这里有好几种酒。
wā !nǐ kàn !zhèlǐ yǒu hǎojǐzhǒng jiǔ 。
Wow! Look! There are so many kinds of alcohol here.
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秦宇终于松了一口气,原来是个乌龙,只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字,聊了几句,原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧,同时也是个古董控,一个月前去了上海玩,在上海看了几场话剧,还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信,但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了,暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ,yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ,zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ,liáo le jǐ jù ,yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ,tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ,yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ,zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ,hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ,dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ,zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
我点了几道菜,不知道大家吃得习不习惯。
wǒ diǎn le jǐ dào cài ,bù zhīdào dàjiā chī de Xí bù xíguàn 。
I've ordered several dishes. I am not sure if this is your usual.
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小姐,你想要几碗?
xiǎojie ,nǐ xiǎngyào jǐ wǎn ?
Miss, how many bowls do you want?
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隔了几日,乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息,特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候,友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了,回家的路上心想:“我家里哪来的小蛇呢?要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来,要不自己住得也提心吊胆的!”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
gé le jǐ rì ,YuèGuǎng tīngwén zhèwèi yǒurén bìngdǎo de xiāoxi ,tèbié dēngmén tànwàng tā 。zài wèn dào bìngyīn de shíhou ,yǒurén biàn jiāng dāngrì yǐnjiǔ shí de qíngkuàng yīwǔyīshí de gàozhī le YuèGuǎng 。YuèGuǎng yī tīng yě mēng le ,huíjiā de lùshang xīnxiǎng :“wǒ jiālǐ nǎ lái de xiǎo shé ne ?yàoshi zhēn yǒu shé dehuà yě fēiděi zhǎo chūlái ,yàobù zìjǐ zhù de yě tíxīndiàodǎn de !”yúshì yī huídào jiā biàn zhǎnkāi le bǔ shé xíngdòng 。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
对了,你再带几罐酒精,随时消毒随身物品。
duìle ,nǐ zài dài jǐ guàn jiǔjīng ,suíshí xiāodú suíshēn wùpǐn 。
By the way, bring some bottles of rubbing alcohol, and disinfect your belongings whenever you want.
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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿,他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句,但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月,他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面,但除了点咖啡和道谢之外,他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ,tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ,dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ,tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ,dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ,tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.