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See also: 几

幾	U+5E7E, 幾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7E

← 幽
[U+5E7D]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000024190

广 →
[U+5E7F]

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Translingual

Han character

幾Category:Translingual lemmas#幺09幾 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#幺09幾 Category:Translingual symbols#幺09幾 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#幺09幾 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#幺09幾 Category:Pages with entries#幾 Category:Pages with 5 entries#幾 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 女戈竹戈 (VIHI), four-corner 2225₃, composition ⿻⿻𢆶戈人(G) or ⿹⿻𢆶戈人(HTJK))Category:Han char with multiple ids Category:Han script characters#幺09幾

Derived characters

僟, 嘰, 㙨, 機, 璣, 禨, 磯, 穖, 耭, 蟣, 譏, 䟇, 䤒, 鐖, 鞿, 饑, 魕, 㡮

Additional Derived Characters

𡡤, 𡼠, 𢡧, 𢴰, 𨗂, 𣊉, 𣰈, 𦠄, 𧝞, 𥼘, 𬘁, 𦏑, 𩦋, 𧰙, 𪅹, 𪙧
𠟣, 𢇓, 𢇒, 𧗓, 𩴪, 𧗒, 𦺬, 𥳏

Descendants

き (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
キ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
𛀤
𛀥

Related characters

几Category:Translingual links with redundant wikilinks#幾 Category:Translingual links with redundant alt parameters#幾 (In simplified Chinese)

Usage notes

In standards of Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan, the 人 component in the lower left of 幾 touches but does not cross the horizontal stroke in the 戈 component. In standard of Mainland China, the top of the 人 component crosses over the horizontal stroke in the 戈 component.

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 342, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9208
Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1095, character 8
Unihan data for U+5E7E

Chinese

trad.		幾
simp.		几^*
alternative forms		㡬𢆻𢆼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幾
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (幾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	kɯl, kɯls
幾	kɯl, kɯlʔ, ɡɯl, ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	kɯlʔ, ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#幺09: 𢆶 (“silk threads; little things”) + 戍 (“to guard against”) – watching over the fine details.

Note that the simplified form 几 (OC *krilʔ, “small table”) is also a traditional character on its own.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jǐ (ji³Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#幾)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jì

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җи (ži, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gei² / gi²

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gei²
Gan (Wiktionary): ji³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kí

(Hailu, HRS): gi^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): gi³
Jin (Wiktionary): ji²
Northern Min (KCR): gǐ
Eastern Min (BUC): gūi / gī
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui³ / gi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kúi / kí

(Teochew, Peng'im): gui² / gi¹ / gua³
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chi³
  - Yale: jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җи (ži, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei²
  - Yale: géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: gai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gei² / gi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei⁵⁵/, /ki⁵⁵/

Note: gi2 - in 幾時／几时, 幾多／几多, 幾解／几解, 幾何／几何.

- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: gei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ji²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gūi / gī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³/, /ki³³/

Note:

gūi - vernacular;
gī - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gûi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³²/

Note:

gui3 - vernacular;
gi3 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi / kí
  - Tâi-lô: kuí / kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuie, kie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³/, /ki⁵³/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴/, /ki⁵⁵⁴/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³/, /ki⁵³/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³/, /ki⁵³/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹/, /ki⁴¹/Category:Hokkien terms needing pronunciation attention#2

Note:

kúi - vernacular;
kí - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gui² / gi¹ / gua³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kúi / ki / kuà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁵²/, /ki³³/, /kua²¹³/

Note:

gui2 - vernacular;
gi1 - literary;
gua3 - variant.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: gi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ci
  - MiniDict: ci^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: kj+jX

Rime
Character	幾
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居狶切
Baxter	kj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj^X/
Li Rong	/kiəi^X/
Wang Li	/kĭəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ke̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kəjʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幾
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨj^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kəjʔ/
English	few; how many
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幾
Reading #	2/4
No.	5800
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蟣
Old Chinese	/*kɯlʔ/

Definitions

幾Category:Chinese lemmas#幺09 Category:Chinese hanzi#幺09 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#幺09 Category:Pages with entries#幾 Category:Pages with 5 entries#幾

how much; how many
幾位？／几位？ ― Jǐwèi? ― How many people [e.g. when entering restaurants]?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

你要幾瓶？／你要几瓶？ ― Nǐ yào jǐ píng? ― How many bottles do you want?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

你會說幾種語言？ [MSC, trad.]
你会说几种语言？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ huì shuō jǐ zhǒng yǔyán? [Pinyin]
How many languages do you speak?
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(of number, time, date) what; which
幾點鐘了？／几点钟了？ ― Jǐ diǎnzhōng le? ― What time is it?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

今天幾號？／今天几号？ ― Jīntiān jǐ hào? ― What's the date today?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

你幾號？／你几号？ ― Nǐ jǐ hào? ― What's your number?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

你幾幾年的？／你几几年的？ ― Nǐ jǐ jǐ nián de? ― What year were you born?Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
a few; some; several
我邊等邊瀏覽幾本雜誌。 [MSC, trad.]
我边等边浏览几本杂志。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ biān děng biān liúlǎn jǐ běn zázhì. [Pinyin]
I browsed through some magazines while I waited.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

幾天後他將回來。 [MSC, trad.]
几天后他将回来。 [MSC, simp.]
Jǐ tiān hòu tā jiāng huílái. [Pinyin]
He will be back in a few days.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

同幾首歌／同几首歌 [Cantonese] ― tung⁴ gei² sau² go¹ [Jyutping] ― the same old songsCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples
(of numeral amounts) some; something; odd
八十幾年／八十几年 ― bāshí jǐ nián ― eighty-something years; eighty-odd yearsCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

八幾年／八几年 [Cantonese] ― baat³ gei² nin⁴ [Jyutping] ― the '80sCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples
- (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name), spoken by 飲茶哥:
  
  三點幾嚟，飲茶先呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  三点几嚟，饮茶先呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  saam¹ dim² gei² lai⁴, jam² caa⁴ sin¹ aa³! [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation) Category:Requests for translations of Cantonese quotations
  Category:Cantonese terms with quotations
(dialectal Mandarin Category:Mandarin Chinese#幺09, Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#幺09, Gan Category:Gan Chinese#幺09, Hakka Category:Hakka Chinese#幺09, Pinghua Category:Pinghua Chinese#幺09) how; how much
佢今年幾大呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
佢今年几大呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ gam¹ nin^4-2 gei² daai⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]
How old is she this year?
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

有幾難啫？／有几难啫？ [Cantonese] ― jau⁵ gei² naan⁴ ze¹? [Jyutping] ― How hard can it be?Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
(dialectal Mandarin Category:Mandarin Chinese#幺09, Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#幺09, Gan Category:Gan Chinese#幺09, Hakka Category:Hakka Chinese#幺09, Pinghua Category:Pinghua Chinese#幺09, Xiang Category:Xiang Chinese#幺09) how; so; such
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#幺09) quite; rather; really; pretty
幾好睇／几好睇 [Cantonese] ― gei² hou² tai² [Jyutping] ― quite good-lookingCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples
- (Can we date this quote?), 人生多麼好 [Life is Good]‎, spoken by 許冠傑:
  
  嗰時我媽媽就要一支支噉啲衣裳竹呢，就掛住啲衫要用佢插落去。幾辛苦㗎，有事會跌啲竹落街㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  嗰时我妈妈就要一支支噉啲衣裳竹呢，就挂住啲衫要用佢插落去。几辛苦㗎，有事会跌啲竹落街㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  go² si⁴ ngo⁵ maa^1-4 maa¹ zau⁶ jiu³ jat¹ zi¹ zi¹ gam² di¹ ji¹ soeng⁴ zuk¹ ne¹, zau⁶ gwaa³ zyu⁶ di¹ saam¹ jiu³ jung⁶ keoi⁵ caap³ lok⁶ heoi³. gei² san¹ fu² gaa³, jau⁵ si⁶ wui⁵ dit³ di¹ zuk¹ lok⁶ gaai¹ gaa³. [Jyutping]
  My mother used to take bamboo poles like those, hang clothes on them and poke them down. It was rather difficult, and sometimes they would fall into the street.
  Category:Cantonese terms with quotations
- (Can we date this quote?), “紅茶館”, performed by 陳慧嫻:
  
  你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！冇理由㗎。你…幾好呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！冇理由㗎。你…几好呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ mou⁵ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵? gang² hai⁶ m⁴ seon³ laa¹! mou⁵ lei⁵ jau⁴ gaa³. nei⁵... gei² hou² aa³! [Jyutping]
  You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! Impossible. You're… not bad!
  Category:Cantonese terms with quotations

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多少 (“how many; how much”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多少
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	多少
	Taiwan	多少
	Singapore	多少
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多少
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	多少
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好多
	Wuhan	幾多, 好多
	Guilin	好多
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	幾, 幾多
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多少
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	好些, 好多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾多, 幾
	Hong Kong	幾多, 幾
	Taishan	幾多
	Dongguan	幾多
	Yangjiang	幾多, 幾
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幾多, 幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾多
Hakka	Meixian	幾多
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾多
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	幾多
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	幾多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	幾多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	幾多
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	幾多
Jin	Taiyuan	多少
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	若夥
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌濟
	Quanzhou	偌濟
	Shishi	偌濟
	Zhangzhou	偌濟
	Zhao'an	偌濟
	Tainan	偌濟, 幾
	Penang (Hokkien)	幾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌濟, 幾
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌濟, 幾
	Chaozhou	若濟
	Shantou	若濟
	Jieyang	若濟
	Puning	若濟
	Pontianak (Teochew)	若濟
	Haikou	偌濟
Puxian Min	Putian	若何
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	若何
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	若何
	Xianyou	若何
	Xianyou (Fengting)	若何
	Xianyou (Youyang)	若何
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幾多
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	幾好
	Shanghai (Jiading)	幾漢
	Shanghai (Chongming)	多話
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wuxi	幾化
	Ningbo	多少
	Wenzhou	幾倈兒, 幾倈
	Lishui	幾粒
	Qingyuan	多
Xiang	Changsha	好多
	Xiangtan	幾, 幾多
	Shuangfeng	好多, 幾多

Dialectal synonyms of 多 (“how (to what degree)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	多
Northeastern Mandarin	Malaysia	多
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多, 多麼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	多
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	多
	Xi'an	多
	Xining	多
	Xuzhou	多
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	多
	Lanzhou	多
	Ürümqi	多
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Guiyang	好
	Liuzhou	幾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	多
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾
	Hong Kong	幾
	Dongguan	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
	Lichuan	幾
	Pingxiang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
	Yudu	幾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	幾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	幾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	幾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	幾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	幾
Huizhou	Jixi	多少
Jin	Taiyuan	多來
Jin	Xinzhou	多麼, 多啦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌
	Quanzhou	偌
	Zhangzhou	偌
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Jieyang	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
	Leizhou	偌
	Haikou	偌
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	幾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Shanghai (Chongming)	多下
	Suzhou	幾化
	Danyang	多
	Hangzhou	多少
	Wenzhou	幾倈
	Jinhua	幾很
Xiang	Changsha	好
Xiang	Loudi	好

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多麼, 多
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	多
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好, 多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Guilin	好
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	好
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
	Quanzhou	偌, 活, 活欲
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
Xiang	Shuangfeng	幾, 好

Dialectal synonyms of 挺 (“pretty; somewhat; rather”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挺, 頗, 相當
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 頗
	Taiwan	挺, 蠻
	Malaysia	很……一下
Cantonese	Hong Kong	幾, 幾……下
Cantonese	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幾……一下
Southern Min	Xiamen	嶄然, 不止
	Quanzhou	嶄然, 不止
	Zhangzhou	嶄然, 不止
	Tainan	不止仔
	Klang (Hokkien)	並

Compounds

不多幾日 / 不多几日
不消幾日 / 不消几日
不知凡幾 / 不知凡几 (bùzhīfánjǐ)
吃幾碗乾飯 / 吃几碗干饭
寥寥無幾 / 寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
巴布亞紐幾內亞 / 巴布亚纽几内亚
年幾 / 年几
幾位 / 几位 (jǐ wèi)
幾何 / 几何 (jǐhé)
幾何圖形 / 几何图形 (jǐhé túxíng)
幾何圖案 / 几何图案
幾何學 / 几何学 (jǐhéxué)
幾何級數 / 几何级数 (jǐhé jíshù)
幾個 / 几个 (jǐgè)
幾兒 / 几儿
幾兒個 / 几儿个
幾內亞 / 几内亚
幾內亞比索 / 几内亚比索 (Jǐnèiyà Bǐsuǒ)
幾化 / 几化
幾回 / 几回
幾回價 / 几回价
幾多 / 几多 (jǐduō)
幾家 / 几家
幾家歡樂幾家愁 / 几家欢乐几家愁 (jǐ jiā huānlè jǐ jiā chóu)
幾度春風 / 几度春风
幾斤幾兩 / 几斤几两 (jǐjīnjǐliǎng)
幾時 / 几时 (jǐshí)
幾曾 / 几曾 (jǐcéng)
幾樣 / 几样
幾次 / 几次
幾次三番 / 几次三番
幾歲 / 几岁 (jǐsuì)
幾番 / 几番 (jǐfān)
幾番家 / 几番家
幾眾 / 几众
幾能勾 / 几能勾
幾般 / 几般
幾若 / 几若 (Min Nan)
幾許 / 几许 (jǐxǔ)
所剩無幾 / 所剩无几 (suǒshèngwújǐ)
新幾內亞 / 新几内亚
春秋幾何 / 春秋几何
曾幾何時 / 曾几何时 (céngjǐhéshí)
未幾 / 未几 (wèijǐ)
歐幾里得 / 欧几里得
無幾 / 无几 (wújǐ)
相交滿天下，知心能幾人 / 相交满天下，知心能几人
相去無幾 / 相去无几
相差無幾 / 相差无几
立體幾何 / 立体几何 (lìtǐ jǐhé)
老幾 / 老几 (lǎojǐ)
解析幾何 / 解析几何 (jiěxī jǐhé)
赤道幾內亞 / 赤道几内亚

Descendants

→ Thai: กี่ (gìi, “how many; how much”)
→ Northern Thai: ᨠᩦ᩵
→ Khün: ᨠᩦ᩵
→ Lü: ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#幾)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jǐ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ki / kí

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi²¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
  - Tâi-lô: ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ky
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
  - Tâi-lô: kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ki⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: gi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci
  - MiniDict: ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	幾
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kəj/

(Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幾
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*kəj/
English	small; almost
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幾
Reading #	1/4
No.	5795
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

幾Category:Chinese lemmas#幺09 Category:Chinese hanzi#幺09 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#幺09 Category:Pages with entries#幾 Category:Pages with 5 entries#幾

(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#幺09) fine; slight; minute
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#幺09) dangerous
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#幺09) alternative form of 機 / 机 (jī, “governmental affairs”)
(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#幺09) symptom of a trend; omen
almost; nearly
- 公大笑曰：「今日幾為小賊所困乎！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  公大笑曰：「今日几为小贼所困乎！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Biography of Cao Man annotation in Records of the Three Kingdoms vol. 1
  Gōng dàxiào yuē: “Jīnrì jǐ wèi xiǎo zéi suǒ kùn hū!” [Pinyin]
  The lord [Cao Cao] laughed out loud and said: "Today I was almost trapped by that little bandit [Ma Chao]!"
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
- 資產階級頑固派完全不知道歷史的變化，其知識的貧乏幾等於零。 [MSC, trad.]
  资产阶级顽固派完全不知道历史的变化，其知识的贫乏几等于零。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zīchǎnjiējí wángùpài wánquán bù zhīdào lìshǐ de biànhuà, qí zhīshi de pínfá jī děngyú líng. [Pinyin]
  The bourgeois die-hards have no understanding whatsoever of historical change; their knowledge is so poor that it is practically nonexistent.
  Category:Mandarin terms with quotations

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#幾)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: gj+j

Rime
Character	幾
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠希切
Baxter	gj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨj/
Li Rong	/ɡiəi/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ge̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴