「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 bi1幾gei2大daai6呀aa3?
    (Eng.) How old is the baby?
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5幾gei2大daai6力lik6打daa2落lok6嚟lei4呀aa3?
    (Eng.) How strongly did he hit?
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5喺hai2澳ou3門mun2住zyu6咗zo2幾耐gei2 noi6呀aa3?
    (Eng.) How long has she lived in Macau?
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5哋dei6兩loeng5個go3幾gei2耐noi6見gin3一jat1次ci3?
    (Eng.) How often do both of them meet?
    (Cant.) 塊faai3布bou3有jau5幾gei2大daai6?
    (Eng.) How big is the cloth?
    (Cant.) 仲zung6有jau5幾gei2遠jyun5呀aa3?
    (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 第 dai6 and 初 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.) 十sap6幾gei2啊aa3?
    (Eng.) Ten-what? / What-teen?
    (Cant.) 十sap6幾gei2話waa2?
    (Eng.) Ten-what? (an echo question)
    (Cant.) 一jat1九gau2幾gei2年nin4?(對deoi3比bei2「一jat1九gau2幾gei2多do1年nin4?」)
    (Eng.) Year 190-what (19x)? (cf. "Year nineteen what [19xx]?")
    (Cant.) 幾gei2點dim2出ceot1門mun4好hou2?
    (Eng.) What time should (I) leave home?
    (Cant.) 啲di1魚jyu2幾gei2蚊man1一jat1斤gan1啊aa3?使sai2咗zo2幾gei2銀ngan2啊aa3?
    (Eng.) How much do these fish cost per catty? How much did you spend?
    (Cant.) 隻zek3杯bui1幾gei2錢cin2都dou1冇mou5所so2謂wai6,最zeoi3緊gan2要jiu3你nei5鍾zung1意ji3。
    (Eng.) How much money the cup costs doesn't matter; whether you like it does.
    (Cant.) 幾gei2度dou6先sin1算syun3發faat3燒siu1?
    (Eng.) What temperature (literally: how many degrees) is regarded as a fever?
    (Cant.) 你nei5個go3女neoi2幾gei2歲seoi3?
    (Eng.) How many years old is your daughter?
    (Cant.) 呢ni1處syu3有jau5幾gei2磅bong6?
    (Eng.) How much does this weigh in pounds?
    (Cant.) 要jiu3寫se2明ming4幾gei2年nin4幾gei2月jyut6幾gei2日jat6㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) You have to state clearly which year, month and day.
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5全cyun4班baan1排paai4第dai6幾gei2?
    (Eng.) Which position is he ranked in the whole class?
    (Cant.) 你nei5第dai6幾gei2日jat6出ceot1嚟lai4做zou6嘢je5啊aa3?
    (Eng.) How many days have you been working?
    (Cant.) 又jau6重cung4複fuk1唔m4知zi1第dai6幾gei2千cin1個go3nen1次ci3咁gam2收sau1唔m4到dou2人jan4工gung1。
    (Eng.) The pay has been delayed again, just like countless previous times.

See also: 幾多 幾多錢
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「幾」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: gei2
Part of Speech: number
Explanation:
several; a few; usually refers to a number between 3 and 9 inclusive
(Cant.) 幾gei2丁ding1友jau2
(Eng.) several people
(Cant.) 三saam1十sap6幾gei2
(Eng.) thirty-something
(Cant.) 幾gei2歲seoi3人jan4仔zai2
(Eng.) several-year-old kid
(Cant.) 兩loeng5個go3幾gei2
(Eng.) two dollars and some cents
(Cant.) 年nin4幾gei2兩loeng5年nin4
(Eng.) one to two years; one year or two
See also: 三五七 屢 干 十⋯八⋯ 一些 小量 少量 些 切斷 分離 斷裂
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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.) 「凍dung3唔m4凍dung3啊aa3?」「都dou1幾gei2㗎gaa3。」
(Eng.) "Are you cold?" "Quite so."
(Cant.) 呢ni1題tai4幾gei2難naan4下haa5。
(Eng.) This question is quite hard.
See also: 挺 好 相當 幾鬼 好鬼 過得去 尚算 ok 蠻 近磅 未免 宜得 退出 退 少 收手 封咪
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