幾多

幾多

See also: 几多

Chinese

		how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (幾多)		幾	多
simp. (几多)		几	多
alternative forms		一多 (it-tô) S. Sixian Hakka

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² do¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kí-tô / kit-tô / it-tô

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi³ do¹ / gid⁵ do¹

• Min Bei (KCR): gǐ-duói
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ do¹
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ji³ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐduō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐduo
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-to¹
    • Yale: jǐ-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiduo
    • Palladius: цзидо (czido)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ twɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² do¹
    • Yale: géi dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tô / kit-tô
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi` do´ / gid` do´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ do¹ / gid⁵ do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to²⁴/, /kit̚² to²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tô / kit-tô / it-tô
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi` do´ / gid` do´ / id` do´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ do¹ / gid⁵ do¹ / id⁵ do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to²⁴/, /kit̚² to²⁴/, /it̚² to²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi³ do¹ / gid⁵ do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ci³¹ to⁴⁴/, /cit̚¹ to⁴⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ-duói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹ tuɛ⁵⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi¹ do¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³⁻²³ to³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ji³ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴¹ to³³/

Adjective

幾多

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei) how many; how much

   佢幾多歲你都唔知？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢几多岁你都唔知？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gei² do¹ seoi³ nei⁵ dou¹ m⁴ zi¹? [Jyutping]

   You don't even know how old [literally "how many years old"] he is?

   幾多錢？／几多钱？ [Cantonese]  ―  gei² do¹ cin^4-2? [Jyutping]  ―  How much does it cost?

   • 問君能有幾多愁，恰似一江春水向東流。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李煜, 《虞美人·春花秋月何時了》

     Wèn jūn néng yǒu jǐduō chóu, qiàsì yī jiāng chūnshuǐ xiàng dōng liú. [Pinyin]

     If you ask me how much sorrow I have, it's just like this endless river of spring water flowing east.

2. (Cantonese) a lot; so much

   望下嗰便，有幾多魚！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   望下嗰便，有几多鱼！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   mong⁶ haa⁵ go² bin⁶, jau⁵ gei² do¹ jyu⁴! [Jyutping]

   Look over there, there's so much fish!

Synonyms

• (how many):

Dialectal synonyms of 多少 (“how many; how much”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多少
Mandarin	Beijing	多少
	Taiwan	多少
	Jinan	多少
	Xi'an	多少
	Wuhan	幾多, 好多
	Chengdu	好多
	Guilin	好多
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	幾, 幾多
	Yangzhou	多少
	Hefei	好些, 好多
	Singapore	多少
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾多, 幾
	Hong Kong	幾多, 幾
	Taishan	幾多
	Yangjiang	幾多, 幾
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幾多, 幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾多
Hakka	Meixian	幾多
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	幾多
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	幾多
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	幾多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	幾多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	幾多
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	幾多
Jin	Taiyuan	多少
Min Bei	Jian'ou	幾多
Min Dong	Fuzhou	若夥
	Singapore (Fuqing)	若夥
Min Nan	Xiamen	偌濟
	Quanzhou	偌濟
	Shishi	偌濟
	Zhangzhou	偌濟
	Zhao'an	偌濟
	Tainan	偌濟, 幾
	Penang (Hokkien)	幾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌濟, 幾
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌濟, 幾
	Chaozhou	若濟
	Shantou	若濟
	Jieyang	若濟
	Pontianak (Teochew)	若濟
	Haikou	偌濟
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated
	Suzhou	幾化
	Ningbo	多少
	Wenzhou	幾倈兒, 幾倈
Xiang	Changsha	好多
	Xiangtan	幾, 幾多
	Shuangfeng	好多, 幾多

• (a lot):

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Synonyms of 幾多

一系列 (yīxìliè) 不少 (bùshǎo) 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial) 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary) 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary) 好些 (hǎoxiē) 好多 (hǎoduō) 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary) 延延 (yányán) (literary) 很多 (hěnduō) 浩瀚 (hàohàn)

浩繁 (hàofán) 百 (bǎi) 繁多 (fánduō) 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary) 幾多 (Cantonese) 廣／广 (guǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people) 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō) 許多／许多 (xǔduō) 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō) 颮颮／飑飑 (pòpò) (literary) 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Min Nan)

Adverb

幾多

1. (Min Bei, Xiang) how; what; so; such

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Jinan	多麼, 多
	Xi'an	多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Chengdu	好, 多
	Guilin	好
	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Min Bei	Jian'ou	幾多
Min Dong	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Min Nan	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔
	Quanzhou	偌
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
幾	多
いく Grade: S	た Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

Literal reading of 幾多(いくそばく) (ikusobaku).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) い​くた [íꜜkùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Adverb

幾(いく)多(た) • (ikuta) 

1. many, much

   幾(いく)多(た)の困(こん)難(なん)を乗(の)り越(こ)えなければならない。

   Ikuta no konnan o norikoenakereba naranai.

   We must overcome lots of difficulties.

References

1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN