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| − | * <em>几</em> 个 | + | * <em>几</em> 个 人 ？ <span class="pinyin"><em>Jǐ</em> gè rén?</span> <span class="trans">How many people?</span> |
| − | * 你 在 这里 呆 <em>几</em> | + | * 你 在 这里 呆 <em>几</em> 天 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ zài zhèlǐ dāi <em>jǐ</em> tiān?</span> <span class="trans">How many days are you staying here?</span> |
| − | * 你 每 天 工作 <em>几</em> 个 | + | * 你 每 天 工作 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ měi tiān gōngzuò <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">How many hours do you work every day?</span> |
| − | * 你 家 里 有 <em>几</em> 个 | + | * 你 家 里 有 <em>几</em> 个 人 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ jiā lǐ yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè rén?</span> <span class="trans">How many family members does your family have?</span> |
| − | * 你 有 <em>几</em> 个 | + | * 你 有 <em>几</em> 个 女朋友 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè nǚpéngyou?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends do you have?</span> |
| − | * 你 学 了 <em>几</em> 年 | + | * 你 学 了 <em>几</em> 年 中文 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xué le <em>jǐ</em> nián Zhōngwén?</span> <span class="trans">How many years have you studied Chinese?</span> |
| − | * 你 认识 <em>几</em> 个 中国 | + | * 你 认识 <em>几</em> 个 中国 人 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ rènshi <em>jǐ</em> gè Zhōngguó rén?</span> <span class="trans">How many Chinese people do you know?</span> |
| − | * 你 买 了 <em>几</em> 个 | + | * 你 买 了 <em>几</em> 个 苹果 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ mǎi le <em>jǐ</em> gè píngguǒ?</span> <span class="trans">How many apples did you buy?</span> |
| − | * 从 这里 到 | + | * 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span> |
| − | * 你 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 | + | * 你 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē le <em>jǐ</em> píng píjiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span> |
| − | * 你 需要 <em>几</em> 张 | + | * 你 需要 <em>几</em> 张 纸 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> Zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need?? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a zhang[a flat spread thing] of paper.)</span> |
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Quantity questions are phrases for asking things like "how much?" or "how many?" You're going to need to use the question word 几 (jǐ) and measure words for this.
Structure
You can use the quantity question word 几 (jǐ) instead of a number to ask about quantity with measure words.
Subject + Verb + 几 + MW + Noun？
Examples
- 几 个 人 ？ How many people?
- 你 在 这里 呆 几 天 ？ How many days are you staying here?
- 你 每 天 工作 几 个 小时 ？ How many hours do you work every day?
- 你 家 里 有 几 个 人 ？ How many family members does your family have?
- 你 有 几 个 女朋友 ？ How many girlfriends do you have?
- 你 学 了 几 年 中文 ？ How many years have you studied Chinese?
- 你 认识 几 个 中国 人 ？ How many Chinese people do you know?
- 你 买 了 几 个 苹果 ？ How many apples did you buy?
- 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 几 个 小时 ？ From here to there, it should take how many hours?
- 你 喝 了 几 瓶 啤酒 ？ How many bottles of beer did you drink?
- 你 需要 几 张 纸 ？ How many pieces of paper do you need?? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a zhang[a flat spread thing] of paper.)
