2.04Usage: +++
几
1. Desk / Small table
- 茶几 (chá jī) Tea table
- 几案 (jī àn) Console table (often narrow)
几 幾
2. [jī) Nearly / Almost
- 几乎 (jī hū) Nearly
- 几乎没有 (jī hū méi yǒu) Hardly any Literal. Nearly non-existence
- 几乎每年 (jī hū méi nián) Almost every year
- 几乎完美 (jī hū wán méi) Almost perfect
3. (jǐ) A few / Some
- 几个 (jǐ gè) A few
- 几年 (jǐ nián) Some years
4. (jǐ) How many? / When?
Added as a prefix to inquire amount
- 几个人 (jǐ gè rén)? How many people?
- 几天 (jǐ tiān)? How long? / How many days?
- 几时？(jǐ shí) When? – often used when inquiring about the date
- 几点 (jǐ diǎn)? What time?
+ PERSONAL NOTE +
In Traditional Chinese, 几 and 幾 are two different characters. Hence, 几乎完美 would be written as 幾乎完美 whereas 茶几 stays the same in Traditional Chinese.
Other Chinese characters with different versions (in this handbook) include 干, 发, 尽, 后, 里 and 表.