几 (幾) jǐ
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jǐ
number
several
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: 几 can represent an approximate number between one and nine. For example, in spoken Chinese, 你帮几天忙好了 'Please help for a few days.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 176; Guoyu '幾' jǐ adj 2; Kroll 2015 '幾' jǐ 2, pp. 180-181) -
jǐ
pronoun
how many
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
Notes: 几 may be used when an integer number between 1 and 9 is expected. It is used in this sense as an interrogative pronoun in both modern and Literary Chinese (Norman 1988, p. 119; Sun 2006, loc 2442; ; Guoyu '幾' jǐ adj 1; Kroll 2015 '幾' jǐ 1, pp. 180-181). -
jī
noun
Kangxi radical 16
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: A small table (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '几' jī n; Mathews 1931 '几', p. 53) -
jī
adjective
subtle; invisible; imperceptible
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 细微 (Guoyu '幾' jī adj 1; Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 1, pp. 180-181; Mathews 1931 '幾', p. 53) -
jī
noun
sign; omen
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 预兆 (Guoyu '幾' jī n 1; Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 1a, pp. 180-181) -
jī
adverb
nearly; almost
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '幾' jī adv 1; Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 2, pp. 180-181; Mathews 1931 '幾', p. 53) -
jī
verb
near to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 2a, pp. 180-181) -
jī
noun
imminent danger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '幾' jī adj 2; Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 3, pp. 180-181) -
jī
noun
circumstances
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 4, pp. 180-181) -
jī
noun
duration; time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 5, pp. 180-181) -
jī
adjective
opportunity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 5a, pp. 180-181) -
jī
adjective
never has; hasn't yet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 几曾 (Guoyu '幾' jī adv 2) -
jǐ
noun
a small table
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 几; in the sense of 小桌子 (Guoyu '几' jǐ n; Mathews 1931 '几', p. 53; Unihan '几') -
jǐ
adjective
[self] composed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 几(Guoyu '几几' jǐ n; Mathews 1931 '几', p. 53; Unihan '几') -
jī
phonetic
ji
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used in transliteration of foreign names (Mathews 1931 '幾', p. 54)
Contained in
- 几多(幾多) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...
- 几天(幾天) several days
- 几丁(幾丁) chitin
- 几样(幾樣) several kinds
- 几何拓扑(幾何拓撲) geometric topology
- 这几天(這幾天) the past few days
- 前几天(前幾天) a few days before
- 窗明几净(窗明几淨) clear window and clean table; bright and clean
- 你在添上几个(你在添上幾個) add on a few more
- 立体几何(立體幾何) solid geometry
- 罗式几何(羅式幾何) hyperbolic geometry; Lobachevskian geometry
- 几何拓扑学(幾何拓撲學) geometric topology
- 所剩无几(所剩無幾) there is not much left
- 几年(幾年) a few years; several years; how many years
- 解析几何(解析幾何) analytic geometry
- 几何图案(幾何圖案) geometric design
- 几何公理(幾何公理) geometry axiom
- 几乎完全(幾乎完全) almost entirely; almost completely
- 安几 quiet and composed
- 几部 name of Kangxi radical 16
- 几千(幾千) several thousand
- 分形几何学(分形幾何學) fractal geometry
- 几里地(幾里地) how many li (distance)?
- 平面几何学(平面幾何學) planar geometry
- 几个(幾個) a few; several; how many
- 几欲(幾欲) almost; nearly going to
- 几可乱真(幾可亂真) to seem almost genuine; easily mistaken for the real thing
- 分形几何(分形幾何) fractal geometry
- 几至(幾至) to end; to die
- 几回(幾回) a few times ; how many times?
- 几于(幾於) nearly at the point of
- 茶几 tea table; coffee table
- 黎曼几何(黎曼幾何) Riemannian geometry
- 新几内亚(新幾內亞) New Guinea
- 几近(幾近) to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
- 几度(幾度) to what degree?
- 几早(幾早) when
- 无几(無幾) very little; hardly any
- 解析几何学(解析幾何學) analytic geometry; coordinate geometry
- 几谏(幾諫) to admonish tactfully
- 几及(幾及) to be almost equal to
- 几何(幾何) geometry ; how many?
- 欧氏几何学(歐氏幾何學) Euclidean geometry
- 平面几何(平面幾何) plane geometry
- 堆案盈几 piles of work and papers; accumulated backlog of work
Also contained in
几内亚 、 欧几里德 、 几何纹 、 刘知几 、 欧几里得 、 几尼
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- 卷二十七 韓二 Chapter 27: Han II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 60
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- 第十九回 Chapter 19 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 18
- 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 17
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- 卷一百二十八 志第八十一 樂三 Volume 128 Treatises 81: Music 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
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- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 14
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Collocations
- 仲几 (仲幾) 仲幾為左師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 15
- 几筵 (幾筵) 圍布几筵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
- 几亡 (幾亡) 國幾亡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
- 授几 (授幾) 授几有緝御 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧行葦 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Xing Wei — count: 6
- 几杖 (幾杖) 則必賜之几杖 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 5
- 玉几 (玉幾) 憑玉几 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 5
- 筵几 (筵幾) 皆主人筵几於廟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《昏義》 The Meaning of the Marriage Ceremony — count: 5
- 国几 (國幾) 國幾亡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 右几 (右幾) 右几 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 5
- 拂几 (拂幾) 主人拂几授校 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 4