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* 你 有 <em>几</em> 个 孩子? <span class="pinyin"><em>Nǐ yǒu jǐ</em> gè háizi?</span> <span class="trans">How many kids do you have?</span>
 
* 你 有 <em>几</em> 个 孩子? <span class="pinyin"><em>Nǐ yǒu jǐ</em> gè háizi?</span> <span class="trans">How many kids do you have?</span>
 
* 你 在 这里 待 <em>几</em>  个 星期? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ zài zhèlǐ dāi <em>jǐ</em> gè xīngqī?</span> <span class="trans">How many weeks are you staying here?</span>
 
* 你 在 这里 待 <em>几</em>  个 星期? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ zài zhèlǐ dāi <em>jǐ</em> gè xīngqī?</span> <span class="trans">How many weeks are you staying here?</span>
* �老板 每 天 工作 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ? <span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn měi tiān gōngzuò <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">How many hours does the boss work every day?</span>
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* 老板 每 天 工作 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ? <span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn měi tiān gōngzuò <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">How many hours does the boss work every day?</span>
 
* 你们家 有 <em>几</em> 个 房间? <span class="pinyin">Nǐmenjiā yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè fángjiān?</span> <span class="trans">How many rooms are there in your house?</span>
 
* 你们家 有 <em>几</em> 个 房间? <span class="pinyin">Nǐmenjiā yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè fángjiān?</span> <span class="trans">How many rooms are there in your house?</span>
* 妈妈 晚上 做 了 <em>几</em> 个 �菜 ? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè nǚpéngyou?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends do you have?</span>
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* 你们 需要 <em>几</em> 碗 米饭? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need? </span>
* 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>
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* �他们 昨天 请 了 <em>几</em> 个 朋友 来 吃 晚饭? <span class="pinyin">Māma wǎnshang zuò le <em>jǐ</em> gè cài?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends do you have?</span>
* 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>
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* 你哥哥 结婚以前 有 <em>几</em> 个 �女朋友? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ gēge jiéhūn yǐqián yǒu <em>jǐ</em> gè nǚpéngyou?</span> <span class="trans">How many girlfriends did your elder brother have before he got married?</span>
* 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>
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* 你 �在 中国 的时候 去 过 <em>几</em> 个 大城市? <span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>jǐ</em> gè Zhōngguó rén?</span> <span class="trans">How many Chinese people do you know?</span>
 
* 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>
 
* 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>
* 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>
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* �昨天 的 派对 他 一个人 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 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 [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.

Subj. + Verb + 几 + Measure word + Noun?

Examples

  • 你 有 个 孩子? Nǐ yǒu jǐ gè háizi? How many kids do you have?
  • 你 在 这里 待 个 星期? Nǐ zài zhèlǐ dāi gè xīngqī? How many weeks are you staying here?
  • 老板 每 天 工作 个 小时 ? Lǎobǎn měi tiān gōngzuò gè xiǎoshí? How many hours does the boss work every day?
  • 你们家 有 个 房间? Nǐmenjiā yǒu gè fángjiān? How many rooms are there in your house?
  • 你们 需要 碗 米饭? Nǐ xūyào zhāng zhǐ? How many pieces of paper do you need?
  • �他们 昨天 请 了 个 朋友 来 吃 晚饭? Māma wǎnshang zuò le gè cài? How many girlfriends do you have?
  • 你哥哥 结婚以前 有 个 �女朋友? Nǐ gēge jiéhūn yǐqián yǒu gè nǚpéngyou? How many girlfriends did your elder brother have before he got married?
  • 你 �在 中国 的时候 去 过 个 大城市? gè Zhōngguó rén? How many Chinese people do you know?
  • 从 这里 到 那里 , 需要 个 小时 ? Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào gè xiǎoshí? From here to there, it should take how many hours?
  • �昨天 的 派对 他 一个人 喝 了 瓶 啤酒? Nǐ hē le píng píjiǔ? How many bottles of beer did you drink?


See also

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