幾多
simp几多gei2 do1jǐ duō
English
- (dialect) how much
- (slang) how much; how many?
- 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
- how many
- how (smart etc)
- such ...
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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