「幾」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: gei2
Part of Speech: pronoun
Explanation:
  • an interrogative pronoun for the time, duration of a period of time, or extent of an adjective or adverb
    (Cant.) 幾時gei2 si4
    (Eng.) when
    (Cant.) 幾點gei2 dim2
    (Eng.) what time
    (Cant.) BBbi4 bi1gei2daai6aa3
    (Eng.) How old is the baby?
    (Cant.) keoi5gei2daai6lik6daa2lok6lei4aa3
    (Eng.) How strongly did he hit?
    (Cant.) keoi5hai2ou3mun2zyu6zo2幾耐gei2 noi6aa3
    (Eng.) How long has she lived in Macau?
    (Cant.) keoi5dei6loeng5go3gei2noi6gin3jat1ci3
    (Eng.) How often do both of them meet?
    (Cant.) faai3bou3jau5gei2daai6
    (Eng.) How big is the cloth?
    (Cant.) zung6jau5gei2jyun5aa3
    (Eng.) How much further is it?

  • how many; how much; an interrogative pronoun; it can only be followed by a single-character noun or measure word, but it can be preceded by the ordinal prefixes dai6 and co1; this is unlike its longer counterpart 幾多 gei2 do1, which can represent a group of atomic and base numbers in a numeric sequence, and which cannot be preceded by the aforementioned ordinal prefixes
    (Cant.) sap6gei2aa3
    (Eng.) Ten-what? / What-teen?
    (Cant.) sap6gei2waa2
    (Eng.) Ten-what? (an echo question)
    (Cant.) jat1gau2gei2nin4deoi3bei2jat1gau2gei2do1nin4
    (Eng.) Year 190-what (19x)? (cf. "Year nineteen what [19xx]?")
    (Cant.) gei2dim2ceot1mun4hou2
    (Eng.) What time should (I) leave home?
    (Cant.) di1jyu2gei2man1jat1gan1aa3使sai2zo2gei2ngan2aa3
    (Eng.) How many dollars do these fish cost per catty? How much is spent?
    (Cant.) zek3bui1gei2cin2dou1mou5so2wai6zeoi3gan2jiu3nei5zung1ji3
    (Eng.) How much money the cup costs doesn't matter; whether you like it does.
    (Cant.) gei2dou6sin1syun3faat3siu1
    (Eng.) What temperature (literally: how many degrees) is regarded as a fever?
    (Cant.) nei5go3neoi2gei2seoi3
    (Eng.) How many years old is your daughter?
    (Cant.) ni1syu3jau5gei2bong6
    (Eng.) How much does this weigh in pounds?
    (Cant.) jiu3se2ming4gei2nin4gei2jyut6gei2jat6gaa3
    (Eng.) You have to state clearly which year, month and day.
    (Cant.) keoi5cyun4baan1paai4dai6gei2
    (Eng.) Which position is he ranked in the whole class?
    (Cant.) nei5dai6gei2jat6ceot1lai4zou6je5aa3
    (Eng.) How many days have you been working?
    (Cant.) jau6cung4fuk1m4zi1dai6gei2cin1go3nen1ci3gam2sau1m4dou2jan4gung1
    (Eng.) The pay has been delayed again, just like countless previous times.

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「幾」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: gei2
Part of Speech: number
Explanation:
several; a few; usually refers to a number between 3 to 9 inclusive
(Cant.) gei2ding1jau2
(Eng.) several people
(Cant.) saam1sap6gei2
(Eng.) thirty-something
(Cant.) gei2seoi3jan4zai2
(Eng.) several-year-old kid
(Cant.) loeng5go3gei2
(Eng.) two dollars and some cents
See also: 十⋯八⋯ 三幾 三五七 一些 小量 好幾 斷裂 分離
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「幾」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: gei2
Part of Speech: adverb
Explanation:
quite; fairly; rather
(Cant.) 幾係嘢gei2 hai6 je5
(Eng.) quite hard; pretty uncomfortable
(Cant.) dung3m4dung3aa3dou1gei2gaa3
(Eng.) "Are you cold?" "Quite so."
(Cant.) ni1tai4gei2naan4haa5
(Eng.) This question is quite hard.
See also: ok 蠻 過得去 幾⋯下 近磅 未免 宜得 相當 戒除 辭職 封咪 退 辭工
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