幾多

See also: 几多

Chinese edit

	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 edit

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
Northern Min (KCR): gǐ-duói
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ do¹
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji³ do¹

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): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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: /ki³¹ to⁴⁴/, /kit̚¹ to⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ-duói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹ tuɛ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (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 edit

幾多

(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? [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.
(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 edit

(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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥
Eastern Min	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
	Pontianak (Teochew)	若濟
	Haikou	偌濟
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated
	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):

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)
廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
很多 (hěnduō)
𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
浩瀚 (hàohàn)
浩繁 (hàofán)
百
眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
繁多 (fánduō)
萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
許多／许多 (xǔduō)
諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

Adverb edit

幾多

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

Synonyms edit

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
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	Shaxi (Longdu)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
Xiang	Shuangfeng	幾, 好

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) いくた [íꜜkùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Adverb edit

幾(いく)多(た) • (ikuta)

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 edit

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-1] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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