幾多

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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

Adjective

幾多

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min) 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?
    You don't even know how old he is?
    幾多錢？／几多钱？ [Cantonese]  ―  gei2 do1 cin4-2?   ―  How much does it cost?
  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!
    Look over there, there's so much fish!

Synonyms

  • (how many):
Dialectal synonyms of 多少 (“how many; how much”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 多少
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 多少
Taiwan 多少
Singapore 多少
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 多少
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 多少
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 好多
Wuhan 幾多, 好多
Guilin 好多
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 幾, 幾多
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 多少
Hefei 好些, 好多
Cantonese Guangzhou 幾多, 幾
Hong Kong 幾多, 幾
Taishan 幾多
Dongguan 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
Northern Min Jian'ou 幾多
Eastern Min Fuzhou 若夥
Singapore (Fuqing) 若夥
Southern Min 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
Puning 若濟
Pontianak (Teochew) 若濟
Haikou 偌濟
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 幾多
Wu Shanghai 多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated
Shanghai (Qingpu) 幾好
Shanghai (Jiading) 幾漢
Shanghai (Chongming) 多話
Suzhou 幾化
Wuxi 幾化
Ningbo 多少
Wenzhou 幾倈兒, 幾倈
Lishui 幾粒
Qingyuan 多
Xiang Changsha 好多
Xiangtan 幾, 幾多
Shuangfeng 好多, 幾多
  • (a lot):

Adverb

幾多

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”)
Variety Location Words
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
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 多麼, 多
Taiwan 多麼, 多
Malaysia 多
Singapore 多麼, 多
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 多麼, 多
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 多
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 好, 多
Wuhan 幾, 幾樣, 好
Guilin 好
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 多
Hefei 好
Cantonese Guangzhou 幾, 幾咁
Hong Kong 幾, 幾咁
Yangjiang 幾
Gan Nanchang 幾
Hakka Meixian 幾
Jin Taiyuan 多麼, 多來
Northern Min Jian'ou 幾多
Eastern Min Fuzhou 若夥, 若
Southern Min Xiamen 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
Quanzhou 偌, 活, 活欲
Zhangzhou 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
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
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 幾
Wu Shanghai 多少, 幾化
Suzhou 幾化
Wenzhou 幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang Changsha 幾, 幾多, 好
Shuangfeng 幾, 好

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

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. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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