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) -
jǐ
pronoun
how many; how much; kiyat
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kiyat, Japanese: ki (BCSD '幾', p. 426; MW 'kiyat'; Unihan '幾')
Contained in
- 突瑟几理多 wrongdoing; misdeed; minor misdeed; duṣkṛta; dukkaṭa
- 人命在几间(人命在幾間) How long is a human lifespan?
- 粥去饭来何日了 日升月落几时休(粥去飯來何日了 日升月落幾時休) Go the congees and come the rice, when will this ever end? Rises the sun and sets the moon, when will they ever rest?
Also contained in
几至 、 高几 、 几岁 、 非欧几何学 、 几可乱真 、 几乎不 、 几点 、 新几内亚 、 几何级数增长 、 几何网格纹 、 投影几何学 、 晏几道 、 几时 、 几乎完全 、 内在几何 、 几千 、 几样 、 几何原本 、 射影几何 、 几年来 、 所剩无几 、 几许 、 欧式几何 、 黎曼几何学 、 几内亚湾 、 欧式几何学 、 几十 、 投影几何 、 里瓦几亚条约 、 几近 、 代数几何学 、 几何级数 、 茶几 、 几希 、 立体几何 、 几进宫 、 窗明几净 、 微分几何 、 几不欲生 、 几何拓扑学 、 这几天 、 方几 、 罗氏几何 、 几何拓扑 、 内在几何学 、 几微 、 安几 、 几部
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 6 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 330
- Scroll 10 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Apidamo Pin Lei Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨品類足論 — count: 207
- Scroll 8 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Zhong Shi Fen Apitan Lun) 眾事分阿毘曇論 — count: 179
- Scroll 11 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Apidamo Pin Lei Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨品類足論 — count: 150
- Scroll 14 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apidamo Fa Zhi Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨發智論 — count: 149
- Scroll 27 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 142
- Scroll 22 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 140
- Scroll 21 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 131
- Scroll 3 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Zhong Shi Fen Apitan Lun) 眾事分阿毘曇論 — count: 122
- Scroll 4 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Apidamo Pin Lei Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨品類足論 — count: 110
Collocations
- 几法 (幾法) 汝婆羅門成就幾法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 51
- 几比丘 (幾比丘) 齊幾比丘名為究竟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 13
- 几人 (幾人) 弟子幾人 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 几种 (幾種) 當於別解脫法中有幾種法 — Sutra on Śakra's Questions (Dishi Suo Wen Jing) 帝釋所問經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 说几 (說幾) 如來說幾比丘多聞 — Yi Jing (Ummagga)意經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
- 几因缘 (幾因緣) 幾因緣 — Sutra on the Conditions for Desire and Rebirth (Ren Ben Yu Sheng Jing) 人本欲生經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
- 成就几 (成就幾) 汝婆羅門成就幾法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 8
- 几日 (幾日) 未逕幾日 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 7
- 齐几 (齊幾) 齊幾名我見 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 6
- 世几 (世幾) 世幾法取愛 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 6