几 jǐ▶ a few, how many

Traditional

幾

Stroke order

几 is written in 2 strokes.

• 几

Senses

1. how many; how much
2. several; a few

Example sentences

• 你有几个朋友？Nǐ yǒu jǐ ge péngyou?How many friends do you have?
• 现在几点？Xiànzài jǐ diǎn?What time is it now?

Related words

• 零zero
• 一one
• 二two
• 三three
• 四four
• 五five
• 六six
• 七seven
• 八eight
• 九nine
• 十ten
• 百hundred
• 千thousand
• 万ten thousand
• 亿Billion
• 两two
• 半half
• 多少how many, how much
• 数字number
• 号number/date

几 is pronounced jǐ and means “a few, how many”.

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