粵

幾gei2多do1

simp几多
gei2 do1jǐ duō

English

  1. (dialect) how much
  2. (slang) how much; how many?
  3. how many; how much; an interrogative pronoun which may be used in front of a measure word or noun but cannot be preceded by the ordinal prefixes 第 dai6 or 初 co1; however, it can represent a group of atomic and base numbers in a numeric sequence, unlike its monosyllabic short form 幾 gei2, which is limited to single digits
  4. how many
  5. how (smart etc)
  6. such ...

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 疑問代詞,用嚟提問時間、數量,或者表示未明嘅時間、數量;可以放喺量詞、名詞前面,而唔可以配序數前綴「第」、「初」;喺一串序數之中,「幾多」能夠代表基位數組合,唔似得佢嘅單音節縮略「幾」噉,通常只代表一個數位

Examples

  • 幾多人

    how many people

  • 幾多號

    what number / which date

  • 嗰度有幾多?

    How many of them are there?

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 幾多錢一斤呀?

    How much for half a kilo?

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 你生日幾多號?

    What's your date of birth?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 人有幾多個腎?

    How many kidneys does a human being have?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 啲橙幾多錢呀?

    How much do the oranges cost?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你有幾多個細路?

    How many children do you have?

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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