几

jǐ

how much

how many; several; a few

a picture of 几 → a small table

The character originally depicted a low, legged table. It was borrowed for its sound to ask 'how many?' — the kind of question you might ask about items on a table.

丿+乙→几

你家有几口人?

nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?

How many people are in your family?

桌子上有几本书,你可以借走。

zhuō zi shàng yǒu jǐ běn shū,nǐ kě yǐ jiè zǒu。

There are a few books on the table; you can borrow them.

Words with 几

几何图形

jǐ hé tú xíng

geometric figure

几多

jǐ duō

(dialect) how much

无几

wú jǐ

very little

寥寥无几

liáo liáo wú jǐ

(idiom) very few

几度

jǐ dù

how many times

欧几里得

ōu jǐ lǐ dé

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本[Ji3 he2 Yuan2 ben3]

这几天

zhè jǐ tiān

the past few days

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)

双曲几何

shuāng qū jǐ hé

hyperbolic geometry

香几

xiāng jī

a small table to accommodate an incense burner

黎曼几何

lí màn jǐ hé

(math.) Riemannian geometry

黎曼几何学

lí màn jǐ hé xué

Riemannian geometry

More characters with 丿

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