Word

几 (jǐ) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 1

also read as:

jī how much/many; nearly; approaching

Meaning of 几

代 dài pronoun

how many

你有几本书？

nǐ yǒu jǐ běn shū

How many books do you have?

数 shù numeral

how many; several

你有几本书？

nǐ yǒu jǐ běn shū

How many books do you have?

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Word breakdown

几 jǐ — how many

Structure & writing

1 几 jǐ — how many (interrogative)

Xpinyin

几 is a component in 18 characters

HSK 1

亮 liàng bright; luminous 机 jī machine; a device or apparatus composed of many parts that can do work or serve a special function

HSK 3

朵 duǒ measure word for flowers or clusters 船 chuán boat; ship (primary watercraft, various types, also used in aerospace) 铅 qiān lead (metallic element, symbol Pb)

HSK 4

虎 hǔ tiger (large feline mammal with yellow fur and black stripes)

HSK 5

凭 píng lean against (with one's body) 沿 yán along (a river, road, or edge of something) 肌 jī muscle; tissue composed of muscle fibers capable of contraction

HSK 6

凡 fán ordinary, commonplace 饥 jī hungry (opposite of 饱)

HSK 7

冗 rǒng superfluous; useless; idle 凤 fèng phoenix, the legendary king of birds (the male is called 凤, the female 凰) 凯 kǎi triumphal music played upon a victorious army's return 凰 huáng the female phoenix (see 凤凰); a legendary bird symbolizing good omen 凳 dèng stool (a seat with legs but no back)

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秃 tū bald (of a person's head); bare of feathers or fur (of an animal's head or tail) 讥 jī to mock, to satirize

几 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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