幾いく個こ

See also: 几个

Chinese

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(a measure word); individual
trad. (幾いく個こ)		幾いく	個こ
simp. (几个)		几	个

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐgè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² go³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kí-ke
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-ê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐgè → jǐge (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄜˋ → ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐge̊
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-ko⁵
    • Yale: jǐ-ge
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii.geh
    • Palladius: цзигэ (czigɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² go³
    • Yale: géi go
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² go³
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² go³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ kɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-ke
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi` ge
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ ge⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ke⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-ê
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-ê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuyee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ e²³/

Determiner

幾いく個こ

1. a few; several; some; a handful

   大字だいじ不ふ識幾いく個こ／大字だいじ不ふ识几个  ―  dàzì bùshí jǐge  ―  able to recognize only a handful of Chinese characters; illiterate

   我わが糾結了りょう好このみ幾いく個こ月つき。 [MSC, trad.]
   我わが纠结了りょう好このみ几个月つき。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ jiūjié le hǎo jǐge yuè. [Pinyin]

   I struggled for months.

   你可か不ふ可か以推薦すいせん幾いく個こ比較ひかく好このみ的てき學校がっこう？ [MSC, trad.]
   你可か不ふ可か以推荐几个比ひ较好このみ的てき学校がっこう？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ tuījiàn jǐge bǐjiào hǎo de xuéxiào? [Pinyin]

   Could you recommend a few good schools?

   在ざい沒ぼつ有ゆう開會かいかい之これ前まえ，我わが想そう請教幾いく個こ問題もんだい。 [MSC, trad.]
   在ざい没ぼつ有ゆう开会之これ前まえ，我わが想そう请教几个问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài méiyǒu kāihuì zhīqián, wǒ xiǎng qǐngjiào jǐge wèntí. [Pinyin]

   I would like to ask a few questions before the meeting begins.

Descendants

• Wutunhua: -jhege

See also

• 一いち些 (yīxiē)
• 若干じゃっかん (ruògān)

Adverb

幾いく個こ

1. how many

   寶たから寶たから幾いく個こ月つき會かい爬？ [MSC, trad.]
   宝たから宝たから几个月つき会かい爬？ [MSC, simp.]

   Bǎobǎo jǐge yuè huì pá? [Pinyin]

   At how many months can a baby crawl?

Usage notes

• Strictly speaking, 幾いく個こ／几个 (jǐgè) should only be used with nouns that take 個こ／个 (gè) as a primary classifier.
• 幾いく個こ／几个 (jǐgè) is only used when the answer to "how many?" is expected to be under ten. For amounts that are expected to exceed ten, 多少たしょう (duōshao) is used instead.