(pos:代詞)
<explanation>
yue:疑問代詞,用嚟問咩時間、時間長度,或者形容詞、副詞程度
eng:an interrogative pronoun for the time, duration of a period of time, or extent of an adjective or adverb
<eg>
yue:#幾時 (gei2 si4)
eng:when
<eg>
yue:#幾點 (gei2 dim2)
eng:what time
<eg>
yue:BB幾大呀? (bi4 bi1 gei2 daai6 aa3?)
eng:How old is the baby?
<eg>
yue:佢幾大力打落嚟呀? (keoi5 gei2 daai6 lik6 daa2 lok6 lei4 aa3?)
eng:How strongly did he hit?
<eg>
yue:佢喺澳門住咗#幾耐 呀? (keoi5 hai2 ou3 mun2 zyu6 zo2 gei2 noi6 aa3?)
eng:How long has she lived in Macau?
<eg>
yue:佢哋兩個幾耐見一次? (keoi5 dei6 loeng5 go3 gei2 noi6 gin3 jat1 ci3?)
eng:How often do both of them meet?
<eg>
yue:塊布有幾大? (faai3 bou3 jau5 gei2 daai6?)
eng:How big is the cloth?
<eg>
yue:仲有幾遠呀? (zung6 jau5 gei2 jyun5 aa3?)
eng:How much further is it?
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<explanation>
yue:疑問代詞,用嚟提問數量,或者表示未明嘅數量;後面只可以接單字名詞或者量詞;雖然係「#幾多」嘅縮略,不過「幾」可以配序數前綴「#第」、「#初」,「幾多」就唔得;喺一串序數之中,「幾」通常代表一個數位,同樣係單音節,唔似得「幾多」能夠代表基位數組合
eng:how many; how much; an interrogative pronoun; it can only be followed by a single-character noun or measure word, but it can be preceded by the ordinal prefixes #第 dai6 and #初 co1; this is unlike its longer counterpart #幾多 gei2 do1, which can represent a group of atomic and base numbers in a numeric sequence, and which cannot be preceded by the aforementioned ordinal prefixes
<eg>
yue:十幾啊? (sap6 gei2 aa3?)
eng:Ten-what? / What-teen?
<eg>
yue:十幾話? (sap6 gei2 waa2?)
eng:Ten-what? (an echo question)
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yue:一九幾年?(對比「一九幾多年?」) (jat1 gau2 gei2 nin4 deoi3 bei2 jat1 gau2 gei2 do1 nin4?)
eng:Year 190-what (19x)? (cf. "Year nineteen what [19xx]?")
<eg>
yue:幾點出門好? (gei2 dim2 ceot1 mun4 hou2?)
eng:What time should (I) leave home?
<eg>
yue:啲魚幾蚊一斤啊?使咗幾銀啊? (di1 jyu2 gei2 man1 jat1 gan1 aa3? sai2 zo2 gei2 ngan2 aa3?)
eng:How much do these fish cost per catty? How much did you spend?
<eg>
yue:隻杯幾錢都冇所謂,最緊要你鍾意。 (zek3 bui1 gei2 cin2 dou1 mou5 so2 wai6, zeoi3 gan2 jiu3 nei5 zung1 ji3.)
eng:How much money the cup costs doesn't matter; whether you like it does.
<eg>
yue:幾度先算發燒? (gei2 dou6 sin1 syun3 faat3 siu1?)
eng:What temperature (literally: how many degrees) is regarded as a fever?
<eg>
yue:你個女幾歲? (nei5 go3 neoi2 gei2 seoi3?)
eng:How many years old is your daughter?
<eg>
yue:呢處有幾磅? (ni1 syu3 jau5 gei2 bong6?)
eng:How much does this weigh in pounds?
<eg>
yue:要寫明幾年幾月幾日㗎。 (jiu3 se2 ming4 gei2 nin4 gei2 jyut6 gei2 jat6 gaa3.)
eng:You have to state clearly which year, month and day.
<eg>
yue:佢全班排第幾? (keoi5 cyun4 baan1 paai4 dai6 gei2?)
eng:Which position is he ranked in the whole class?
<eg>
yue:你第幾日出嚟做嘢啊? (nei5 dai6 gei2 jat6 ceot1 lai4 zou6 je5 aa3?)
eng:How many days have you been working?
<eg>
yue:又重複唔知第幾千個n次咁收唔到人工。 (jau6 cung4 fuk1 m4 zi1 dai6 gei2 cin1 go3 en1 ci3 gam2 sau1 m4 dou2 jan4 gung1.)
eng:The pay has been delayed again, just like countless previous times.
(pos:數詞)
<explanation>
yue:細過十嘅正數;一般代指 3 至 9,因為「無三不成幾」呢個講法幾普及
eng:several; a few; usually refers to a number between 3 to 9 inclusive
<eg>
yue:幾丁友 (gei2 ding1 jau2)
eng:several people
<eg>
yue:三十幾 (saam1 sap6 gei2)
eng:thirty-something
<eg>
yue:幾歲人仔 (gei2 seoi3 jan4 zai2)
eng:several-year-old kid
<eg>
yue:兩個幾 (loeng5 go3 gei2)
eng:two dollars and some cents
(pos:副詞)
<explanation>
yue:修飾程度,即係一般,有啲;唔算好好/好多,又唔算好差/好少
eng:quite; fairly; rather
<eg>
yue:#幾係嘢 (gei2 hai6 je5)
eng:quite hard; pretty uncomfortable
<eg>
yue:「凍唔凍啊?」「都幾㗎。」 (dung3 m4 dung3 aa3? dou1 gei2 gaa3.)
eng:"Are you cold?" "Quite so."
<eg>
yue:呢題幾難下。 (ni1 tai4 gei2 naan4 haa5.)
eng:This question is quite hard.