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

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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): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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^ˋ do^ˊ / gid^ˋ do^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi³ do¹ / gid⁵ do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to²⁴/, /kit̚² to²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tô / kit-tô / it-tô
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ do^ˊ / gid^ˋ do^ˊ / id^ˋ do^ˊ
    • 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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 幾多

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, literary) 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 many years old he is?

2. (Cantonese) a lot; much; numerous

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

   tai² go² bin⁶, jau⁵ gei² do¹ jyu⁴! [Jyutping]

   Look over there, there's so much fish!

Synonyms

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
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
	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
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

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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).

Noun

幾(いく)多(た) • (ikuta) 

1. many

   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.