幾乎

See also: 几乎

Chinese

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(interrog. part.)
trad. (幾乎)		幾	乎
simp. (几乎)		几	乎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīhū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ fu⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ki-ho͘ / ki-hû

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ hu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ci-wu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄏㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jihu
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-hu¹
  - Yale: jī-hū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihu
  - Palladius: цзиху (czixu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ fu⁴
  - Yale: gēi fùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ fu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ fuː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-ho͘
  - Tâi-lô: ki-hoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ hɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hû
  - Tâi-lô: ki-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'huu
  - IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴ hu¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi¹ hu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki hu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³⁻²³ hu³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci-wu
  - MiniDict: ci^平 wu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji-hhu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

Adverb

幾乎

almost; nearly; all but
這幾年裡張先生的變化太大了，我幾乎沒認出他來。 [MSC, trad.]
这几年里张先生的变化太大了，我几乎没认出他来。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè jǐnián lǐ Zhāng xiānshēng de biànhuà tài dà le, wǒ jīhū méi rènchū tā lái. [Pinyin]
Mr Zhang has changed so much over the past few years that I almost didn't recognise him.

我幾乎未曾離開過這個城市。 [MSC, trad.]
我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì. [Pinyin]
I have hardly ever been out of this city.

Synonyms

(almost): 差不多 (chàbuduō)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (幾乎):

→ Vietnamese: cơ hồ (幾乎)

See also

簡直／简直 (jiǎnzhí)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
幾	乎

Adverb

幾乎

chữ Hán form of cơ hồ (“almost, nearly”)