几 jǐ▶ beberapa, berapa banyak

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nol
• 一satu
• 二dua
• 三tiga
• 四empat
• 五lima
• 六enam
• 七tujuh
• 八delapan
• 九sembilan
• 十sepuluh
• 百seratus
• 千seribu
• 万sepuluh ribu
• 亿Miliar
• 两dua
• 半setengah
• 多少berapa banyak
• 数字nomor
• 号nomor/tanggal

几 is pronounced jǐ and means “beberapa, berapa banyak”. You will meet it in HSK 1, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 几 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.