幾個

See also: 几个

Chinese

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	(a measure word); individual
trad. (幾個)		幾	個
simp. (几个)		几	个

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐgè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² go³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kí-ke

(Hailu, HRS): gi^ˊ gai^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui³ ge²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-ê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐgè → jǐge (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄜˋ → ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐge̊
  - Wade–Giles: chi³-ko⁵
  - Yale: jǐ-ge
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii.geh
  - Palladius: цзигэ (czigɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei² go³
  - Yale: géi go
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei² go³
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi² go³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ kɔː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-ke
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ ge
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ ge⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ ke⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ gai^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui³ ge² [Phonetic: gui² e²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gûi-gá̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(k-)e¹³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui³ ge² [Phonetic: gui¹ e²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)e²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-ê
  - Tâi-lô: kuí-ê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuyee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ e²³/

Determiner

幾個

a few; several; some; a handful
大字不識幾個／大字不识几个 ― dàzì bùshí jǐge ― able to recognize only a handful of Chinese characters; illiterate

我糾結了好幾個月。 [MSC, trad.]
我纠结了好几个月。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ jiūjié le hǎo jǐge yuè. [Pinyin]
I struggled for months.

你可不可以推薦幾個比較好的學校？ [MSC, trad.]
你可不可以推荐几个比较好的学校？ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ tuījiàn jǐge bǐjiào hǎo de xuéxiào? [Pinyin]
Could you recommend a few good schools?

在沒有開會之前，我想請教幾個問題。 [MSC, trad.]
在没有开会之前，我想请教几个问题。 [MSC, simp.]
Zài méiyǒu kāihuì zhīqián, wǒ xiǎng qǐngjiào jǐge wèntí. [Pinyin]
I would like to ask a few questions before the meeting begins.

Descendants

Wutunhua: -jhege

Adverb

幾個

how many
寶寶幾個月會爬？ [MSC, trad.]
宝宝几个月会爬？ [MSC, simp.]
Bǎobǎo jǐge yuè huì pá? [Pinyin]
At how many months can a baby crawl?

Usage notes

Strictly speaking, 幾個／几个 (jǐgè) should only be used with nouns that take 個／个 (gè) as a primary classifier.
幾個／几个 (jǐgè) is only used when the answer to "how many?" is expected to be under ten. For amounts that are expected to exceed ten, 多少 (duōshao) is used instead.

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2323 几个？”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 508.