几 幾 jǐ how much / how many / several / a few syn 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn 数 數 shù number / figure / several / a few syn 好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several / quite a few syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million 几百 幾百 jǐ bǎi several hundred 几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand 数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred 雷鸟 雷鳥 léi niǎo capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) 一亿 一億 yī yì 1 00 million 几十亿 幾十億 jǐ shí yì several billion 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 歧义 歧義 qí yì ambiguity / several possible meanings 复方 複方 fù fāng compound prescription (involving several medicines) 历任 歷任 lì rèn (of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc) 三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images 套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days 几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 几个月 幾個月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months 几十年 幾十年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 多用 duō yòng multipurpose / having several uses 几个小时 幾個小時 jǐ ge xiǎo shí several hours 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 点选 點選 diǎn xuǎn to select / (computing) to click on (one of several options) / to navigate to (a webpage) 数月 數月 shù yuè several months 三五 sān wǔ several / three or five 连败 連敗 lián bài consecutive defeats / to lose several times in a row 国家主席 國家主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds 大坑 dà kēng Tai Hang District, Hong Kong / Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中[Tai2 zhong1] 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn 重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 楼船 樓船 lóu chuán ship with several decks / turreted junk 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 亿 億 yì 100 million syn 盾 dùn shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc) syn 两百万 兩百萬 liǎng bǎi wàn two million 五百万 五百萬 wǔ bǎi wàn five million 兆 zhào (bound form) omen / to foretell / million / mega- / (Tw) trillion / tera- / (old) billion syn 四百万 四百萬 sì bǎi wàn four million 数十亿 數十億 shù shí yì several billion 七百万 七百萬 qī bǎi wàn seven million 几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years 吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution 兼课 兼課 jiān kè to teach classes in addition to other duties / to hold several teaching jobs 浯 wú (name of several rivers in China) 食蚁兽 食蟻獸 shí yǐ shòu ant-eater (several different species) 一千七百万 一千七百萬 yī qiān qī bǎi wàn seventeen million 寒武纪 寒武紀 hán wǔ jì Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago) 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn 百万吨 百萬噸 bǎi wàn dūn megaton / million tons 三千到五千万 三千到五千萬 sān qiān dào wǔ qiān wàn 30 to 50 million 第三纪 第三紀 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago) 下寒武 xià hán wǔ lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago) 下寒武统 下寒武統 xià hán wǔ tǒng lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago) 兆字节 兆字節 zhào zì jié megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes) 埃迪卡拉 āi dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 埃迪卡拉纪 埃迪卡拉紀 āi dí kǎ lā jì Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 艾迪卡拉 ài dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era / also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1] 震旦纪 震旦紀 zhèn dàn jì Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 叁五计划 三五計劃 3 by 5 Initiative / Treat 3 Million by 2005 Initiative 百万吨碳 million tonnes of carbon 百万安全学校和医院运动 百萬安全學校和醫院運動 One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign 百万吨石油当量 百萬噸石油當量 million tons of oil equivalent 好几年 好幾年 hǎo jǐ nián several years 兼施 jiān shī using several (methods) 可分 kě fēn can be divided (into parts) / one can distinguish (several types) 多幕剧 多幕劇 duō mù jù play in several acts / full-length drama 多日赛 多日賽 duō rì sài race of several days / many day competition 多音多义字 多音多義字 duō yīn duō yì zì character having several readings and meanings 封斋 封齋 fēng zhāi fast (in several religions) / Ramadan (Islam) / see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4] 张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works 數周 shù zhōu several weeks / also written 數週|数周 数小时 數小時 shù xiǎo shí several hours 数周 數週 shù zhōu several weeks 横断山脉 橫斷山脈 héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet 江蓠 江蘺 jiāng lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori 王肃 王肅 wáng sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts 舜帝陵 shùn dì líng several tombs of legendary Emperor Shun, one in Ningyuan county 寧遠縣|宁远县[Ning2 yuan3 xian4] in southwest Hunan, another Yuncheng prefecture 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2] Shanxi 荆山 荊山 jīng shān Thorny mountain (several) / Mt Jingshan in Hubei 虎斑鹦鹉 虎斑鸚鵡 hǔ bān yīng wǔ budgerigar (genus Psittacella, several species) / budgie 