十幾 [－几]

Jyutping sap6 gei2
Pinyin shí jǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. more than ten; a dozen or more
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. num
    more than ten, a dozen or more
    (syn.) 十外
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    公车上大约有三十几个人。
    公車上大約有三十幾個人。
    gōng chē shàng dà yuē yǒu sān shí jǐ ge rén 。
    • Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
  2. Mandarin
    十几棵树很快就种好了。
    十幾棵樹很快就種好了。
    shí jǐ kē shù hěn kuài jiù zhǒng hǎo le 。
    • About a dozen trees had soon been planted.
  3. Mandarin
    新来的秘书一分钟可以打七十几个字。
    新來的秘書一分鐘可以打七十幾個字。
    xīn lái de mì shū yì fēn zhōng kě yǐ dǎ qī shí jǐ ge zì 。
    • The new secretary types about 70 words per minute.
  4. Mandarin
    十几个人聚集在火车站前。
    十幾個人聚集在火車站前。
    shí jǐ ge rén jù jí zài huǒ chē zhàn qián 。
    • Dozens of people gathered before the station.
  5. Mandarin
    她十几岁时就结婚了。
    她十幾歲時就結婚了。
    tā shí jǐ suì shí jiù jié hūn le 。
    • She got married in her teens.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    佢十几岁就结咗婚。
    佢十幾歲就結咗婚。
    keoi5 sap6 gei2 seoi3 zau6 git3 zo2 fan1 。
    • She got married in her teens.
  2. Cantonese
    活到九十几岁都唔算系好罕有嘅事。
    活到九十幾歲都唔算係好罕有嘅事。
    wut6 dou3 gau2 sap6 gei2 seoi3 dou1 m4 syun3 hai6 hou3 hon2 jau5 ge3 si6 。
    • It's not all that uncommon for people to live past the age of ninety.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    饼带我买咗成十几年。
    餅帶我買咗成十幾年。
    beng2 daai2 ngo5 maai5 zo2 seng4 sap6 gei2 nin4.
    • I bought the tape more than ten years ago.
  2. Cantonese
    㖊日行山畀蚊叮咗十几啖。
    噚日行山畀蚊叮咗十幾啖。
    cam4 jat6 haang4 saan1 bei2 man1 deng1 zo2 sap6 gei2 daam6.
    • Yesterday I went hiking and was bitten by mosquitoes for over 10 times.
  3. Cantonese
    十几兜友
    十幾兜友
    sap6 gei2 dau1 jau2
    • over ten people
  4. Cantonese
    十几部电车受雷电影响一度停驶。
    十幾部電車受雷電影響一度停駛。
    sap6 gei2 bou6 din6 ce1 sau6 leoi4 din6 jing2 hoeng2 jat1 dou6 ting4 sai2.
    • More than ten trams stopped service before because of the thunder.
  5. Cantonese
    警方镇压示威者，拘捕二十几人。
    警方鎮壓示威者，拘捕二十幾人。
    ging2 fong1 zan3 aat3 si6 wai1 ze2, keoi1 bou6 ji6 sap6 gei2 jan4.
    • The police suppressed the protesters and arrested more than 20 people.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    记得1998年黄河发水，我家十几亩地全部被淹了。
    記得1998年黃河發水，我家十幾畝地全部被淹了。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他二十几岁便开始谢顶。
    他二十幾歲便開始謝頂。
    tā èr shí jǐ suì biàn kāi shǐ xiè dǐng ．
    • He started going bald in his twenties.
  2. Cantonese
    十几多年
    十幾多年
    sap6 gei2 do1 nin4
    • so many decades
  3. Mandarin
    八十几年
    八十幾年
    bā shí jǐ nián
    • eighty-something years; eighty-odd years
  4. Mandarin
    尹雪艳总也不老。十几年前那一班在上海百乐门舞厅替他捧场的五陵年少，有些头上开了顶，有些鬓添了霜。
    尹雪豔總也不老。十幾年前那一班在上海百樂門舞廳替他捧場的五陵年少，有些頭上開了頂，有些鬢添了霜。
    yǐn xuě yàn zǒng yě bù lǎo ． shí jǐ nián qián nà yī bān zài shàng hǎi bǎi lè mén wǔ tīng tì tā pěng chǎng de wǔ líng nián shào ， yǒu xiē tóu shang kāi le dǐng ， yǒu xiē bìn tiān le shuāng ．
    • Yin Hsueh-yen somehow never seemed to age. Of those fashionable young men who had been her admirers more than a dozen years ago in Shanghai's Paramount Ballroom, some had grown bald on top and some were graying at the temples.
  5. Mandarin
    尹雪艳总也不老。十几年前那一班在上海百乐门舞厅替他捧场的五陵年少，有些头上开了顶，有些鬓添了霜。
    尹雪豔總也不老。十幾年前那一班在上海百樂門舞廳替他捧場的五陵年少，有些頭上開了頂，有些鬢添了霜。
    yǐn xuě yàn zǒng yě bù lǎo ． shí jǐ nián qián nà yī bān zài shàng hǎi bǎi lè mén wǔ tīng tì tā pěng chǎng de wǔ líng nián shào ， yǒu xiē tóu shàng kāi le dǐng ， yǒu xiē bìn tiān le shuāng ．
    • Yin Hsueh-yen somehow never seemed to age. Of those fashionable young men who had been her admirers more than a dozen years ago in Shanghai's Paramount Ballroom, some had grown bald on top and some were graying at the temples.