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Definitions
- 1. how much
- 2. how many
- 3. several
- 4. a few
Example Sentences
1 shown几 乎。
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Words Containing 几
several kinds
spherical geometry
geometric optics
lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)
Equatorial Guinea
hyperbolic geometry
analytic geometry
almost entirely
intrinsic geometry
projective geometry
Euclidean geometry
there is not much left
Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬[liào fú bīn], Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
long narrow table
to seem almost genuine
hardly
Euclidean geometry
projective geometry
(literary) how many
a few days ago
lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
(math.) Riemannian geometry
probability
several times (bigger)
almost; nearly; practically
soon
which day of the week
one can't tell how many
Riemannian geometry
plane geometry
almost
just who do (you) think (you) are? (or \just who does (she) think (she) is?\ etc)
for the past few days
to succeed at the first try (idiom)
hyperbolic geometry
projective geometry
(slang) heroin
Guinea
deep and detailed investigation (idiom)
geometric series
(slang) to have served several sentences
more than a hundred
several
to admonish tactfully
differential geometry
several days
Guinea-Bissau
several times
at what time?; when?
hyperbolic geometry
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom)
very little
several years
(dialect) extremely
where in the order of seniority among siblings?
almost
Papua New Guinea
what time?
algebraic geometry
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
fractal geometry
geometry
somewhat
exponential increase
a few
geometry
the past few days
analytic geometry
not much
such ...
solid geometry
just a while before
differential geometry
to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
(math.) geometric topology
chitin
non-Euclidean geometry
probability
New Guinea
(literary) similar; almost
several thousand
fractal geometry
just a very few (idiom); tiny number
the last few years
(math.) geometric topology
in recent years
small side table
to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
Gulf of Guinea
geometric mean
geometric figure
New Guinea
non-Euclidean geometry
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
kiwi (bird) (loanword)
a few years; several years
a small table to accommodate an incense burner
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
projective geometry
more than ten; a dozen or more
for the past several years
tiny
chitin
Euclidean geometry
algebraic geometry
table
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author Elements 幾何原本|几何原本
geometric quantity
intrinsic geometry
Euclid's Elements