几 (幾) jǐ

1. 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)
2. 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).
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. jī verb near to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 2a, pp. 180-181)
8. jī noun imminent danger
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '幾' jī adj 2; Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 3, pp. 180-181)
9. jī noun circumstances
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 4, pp. 180-181)
10. jī noun duration; time
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 5, pp. 180-181)
11. jī adjective opportunity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Kroll 2015 '幾' jī 5a, pp. 180-181)
12. 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)
13. 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')
14. 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')
15. jī phonetic ji
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used in transliteration of foreign names (Mathews 1931 '幾', p. 54)
16. 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

• 蕴界处各有几(蘊界處各有幾) How many aggregates (skanda), elements (dhātu), and spheres (āyatana) are there?
• 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

几点 、 几希 、 欧式几何 、 几多 、 内在几何 、 高几 、 明窗净几 、 微分几何学 、 这几天 、 几乎不 、 几经 、 平面几何 、 几兆 、 非欧几何学 、 几何图案 、 几何拓扑学 、 几部 、 平面几何学 、 几何图形 、 非欧几何 、 几何级数 、 未几 、 新几内亚 、 几几 、 几进宫 、 几何拓扑 、 几何级数增长 、 几近 、 几何光学 、 几何量 、 安几 、 几不欲生 、 曾几何时 、 几次 、 解析几何 、 黎曼几何 、 十几个月 、 星期几 、 一蹴可几 、 几时 、 晏几道 、 几天来 、 寥寥无几 、 代数几何学 、 几微 、 极深研几 、 几内亚湾 、 几千 、 茶几

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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: 177
• 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
• 说几 (說幾) 如來說幾比丘多聞 — Yi Jing (Ummagga)意經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
• 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
• 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
• 行几 (行幾) 當行幾法 — Sutra on Śakra's Questions (Dishi Suo Wen Jing) 帝釋所問經, Scroll 1 — count: 6