几

The character "几" has 2 strokes. "几" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "几" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "几" are "jǐ" "jī" . View the stroke order of "几">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "几"

n.: small table

adv.: nearly; almost; practically

num.: how many; a few; several; some

• nearly : adv.接近；几乎；差不多；差点儿；密切地；亲密地
• almost : adv.几乎；差不多
• practically : adv.事实上；实际上；几乎；讲究实际地；实践上；从实用角度
• how many : 多少
• a few : 一些, 几个
• several : det. & pro.几个；数个
• some : det.若干；一些；某个；大约；大量的；可观的；至少有一点；了不起的；很不错的；一点也不

Form words with "几"

几嘟噜葡萄 several clusters of grapes

分成几部分 separate into parts

Example phrases using "几"

• 那所房子在近几个月中几易其主。

  That house has changed hands several times in the last few months.

• 他在楼台上养了几盆花。

  He raised a few pots of flowers on the balcony.

• 事故遇难者几20人。

  Nearly 20 people were killed in the accident.

• 远远看见有几点亮儿，他们就知道靠近村庄了。

  Seeing a little glow in the distance, they knew they were now near the village.

• 一块炮弹片差几英寸就击中他了。

  A piece of shrapnel missed him by inches.

• 我可以赶制几加仑意大利面酱汁。

  I might whomp up a couple of gallons of spaghetti sauce.

• 他们吃了几大碗热气腾腾的面条。

  They ate huge bowls of steaming spaghetti.

• 她不得不查看日记来确定是星期几。

  She had to check her diary to be sure of the day of the week.

• 他在身高方面比巴里矮几英尺。

  He was a few feet shy of Barry in the height department.

• 他几大步就穿过了房间。

  He crossed the room in a couple of strides.