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Definitions

  1. 1. how much
  2. 2. how many
  3. 3. several
  4. 4. a few

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6401429)

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Words Containing 几

几样
jǐ yàng

several kinds

球面几何
qiú miàn jǐ hé

spherical geometry

几何光学
jǐ hé guāng xué

geometric optics

识微见几
shí wēi jiàn jǐ

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

赤道几内亚
chì dào jī nèi yà

Equatorial Guinea

罗式几何
luó shì jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

解析几何
jiě xī jǐ hé

analytic geometry

几乎完全
jī hū wán quán

almost entirely

内在几何
nèi zài jǐ hé

intrinsic geometry

射影几何学
shè yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry

欧氏几何学
ōu shì jǐ hé xué

Euclidean geometry

所剩无几
suǒ shèng wú jǐ

there is not much left

几米
jī mǐ

Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬[liào fú bīn], Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer

条几
tiáo jī

long narrow table

几可乱真
jī kě luàn zhēn

to seem almost genuine

几乎不
jī hū bù

hardly

欧式几何
ōu shì jǐ hé

Euclidean geometry

投影几何
tóu yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry

几许
jǐ xǔ

(literary) how many

前几天
qián jǐ tiān

a few days ago

堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī

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

几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān

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

画法几何
huà fǎ jǐ hé

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

黎曼几何
lí màn jǐ hé

(math.) Riemannian geometry

几率
jī lǜ

probability

几倍
jǐ bèi

several times (bigger)

几乎
jī hū

almost; nearly; practically

未几
wèi jǐ

soon

星期几
xīng qī jǐ

which day of the week

不知凡几
bù zhī fán jǐ

one can't tell how many

黎曼几何学
lí màn jǐ hé xué

Riemannian geometry

平面几何
píng miàn jǐ hé

plane geometry

几欲
jī yù

almost

算老几
suàn lǎo jǐ

just who do (you) think (you) are? (or \just who does (she) think (she) is?\ etc)

几天来
jǐ tiān lái

for the past few days

一蹴可几
yī cù kě jī

to succeed at the first try (idiom)

罗氏几何
luó shì jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

投影几何学
tóu yǐng jǐ hé xué

projective geometry

几号
jǐ hào

(slang) heroin

几内亚
jī nèi yà

Guinea

极深研几
jí shēn yán jǐ

deep and detailed investigation (idiom)

几何级数
jǐ hé jí shù

geometric series

几进宫
jǐ jìn gōng

(slang) to have served several sentences

百几
bǎi jǐ

more than a hundred

好几
hǎo jǐ

several

几谏
jī jiàn

to admonish tactfully

微分几何
wēi fēn jǐ hé

differential geometry

几天
jǐ tiān

several days

几内亚比绍
jī nèi yà bǐ shào

Guinea-Bissau

几次
jǐ cì

several times

几时
jǐ shí

at what time?; when?

双曲几何
shuāng qū jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

窗明几净
chuāng míng jī jìng

lit. clear window and clean table (idiom)

无几
wú jǐ

very little

好几年
hǎo jǐ nián

several years

不拉几
bù lā jī

(dialect) extremely

老几
lǎo jǐ

where in the order of seniority among siblings?

几至
jī zhì

almost

巴布亚新几内亚
bā bù yà xīn jǐ nèi yà

Papua New Guinea

几点
jǐ diǎn

what time?

代数几何
dài shù jǐ hé

algebraic geometry

欧几里德
ōu jǐ lǐ dé

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本

分形几何
fēn xíng jǐ hé

fractal geometry

几何
jǐ hé

geometry

几分
jǐ fēn

somewhat

几何级数增长
jǐ hé jí shù zēng zhǎng

exponential increase

几个
jǐ ge

a few

几何学
jǐ hé xué

geometry

这几天
zhè jǐ tiān

the past few days

解析几何学
jiě xī jǐ hé xué

analytic geometry

几希
jī xī

not much

几多
jǐ duō

such ...

立体几何
lì tǐ jǐ hé

solid geometry

曾几何时
céng jǐ hé shí

just a while before

微分几何学
wēi fēn jǐ hé xué

differential geometry

几近
jī jìn

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

几何拓扑学
jǐ hé tuò pū xué

(math.) geometric topology

几丁质
jī dīng zhì

chitin

非欧几何
fēi ōu jǐ hé

non-Euclidean geometry

几率
jī lǜ

probability

新几内亚
xīn jǐ nèi yà

New Guinea

庶几
shù jī

(literary) similar; almost

几千
jǐ qiān

several thousand

分形几何学
fēn xíng jǐ hé xué

fractal geometry

寥寥无几
liáo liáo wú jǐ

just a very few (idiom); tiny number

最近几年
zuì jìn jǐ nián

the last few years

几何拓扑
jǐ hé tuò pū

(math.) geometric topology

近几年
jìn jǐ nián

in recent years

茶几
chá jī

small side table

几经
jǐ jīng

to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)

几内亚湾
jǐ nèi yà wān

Gulf of Guinea

几何平均数
jǐ hé píng jūn shù

geometric mean

几何图形
jǐ hé tú xíng

geometric figure

纽几内亚
niǔ jī nèi yà

New Guinea

非欧几何学
fēi ōu jǐ hé xué

non-Euclidean geometry

里瓦几亚条约
lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē

Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)

几维鸟
jī wéi niǎo

kiwi (bird) (loanword)

几年
jǐ nián

a few years; several years

香几
xiāng jī

a small table to accommodate an incense burner

明窗净几
míng chuāng jìng jī

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

射影几何
shè yǐng jǐ hé

projective geometry

十几
shí jǐ

more than ten; a dozen or more

几年来
jǐ nián lái

for the past several years

几微
jī wēi

tiny

几丁
jī dīng

chitin

欧式几何学
ōu shì jǐ hé xué

Euclidean geometry

代数几何学
dài shù jǐ hé xué

algebraic geometry

几案
jī àn

table

欧几里得
ōu jǐ lǐ dé

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本

几何量
jǐ hé liàng

geometric quantity

内在几何学
nèi zài jǐ hé xué

intrinsic geometry

几何原本
jǐ hé yuán běn

Euclid's Elements