幾年 [几－]

Jyutping gei2 nin4
Pinyin jǐ nián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a few years; several years
  2. how many years?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    for the past few years
  2. noun
    how many years?
  3. noun
    a few years
    • 董事局在過去幾年出現多次的人事變動。
      董事局在过去几年出现多次的人事变动。
      dǒng shì jú zài guò qù jǐ nián chū xiàn duō cì de rén shì biàn dòng ．
      The board of directors has undergone several personnel changes in the past few years.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你几年级？
    你幾年級？
    nǐ jǐ nián jí ？
    • What grade are you in?
  2. Mandarin
    园艺在这几年很流行。
    園藝在這幾年很流行。
    yuán yì zài zhè jǐ nián hěn liú xíng 。
    • Gardening has been popular for some years.
  3. Mandarin
    最近几年到新加坡的旅客人数不断增长。
    最近幾年到新加坡的旅客人數不斷增長。
    zuì jìn jǐ nián dào xīn jiā pō de lǚ kè rén shù bù duàn zēng zhǎng 。
    • The number of visitors to Singapore has increased year by year.
  4. Mandarin
    这几年的天气很反常。
    這幾年的天氣很反常。
    zhè jǐ nián de tiān qì hěn fǎn cháng 。
    • We've been having strange weather the past few years.
  5. Mandarin
    学外语要花好几年的时间才能学得精通。
    學外語要花好幾年的時間才能學得精通。
    xué wài yǔ yào huā hǎo jǐ nián de shí jiān cái néng xué dé jīng tōng 。
    • It takes years to master a foreign language.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    呢几年啲天气好唔正常。
    呢幾年啲天氣好唔正常。
    nei4 gei2 nin4 di1 tin1 hei3 hou3 m4 zing3 soeng4 。
    • We've been having strange weather the past few years.
    • Weather's been strange the past few years.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢几年我挂住返工，疏忽咗我嘅家庭。
    呢幾年我掛住返工，疏忽咗我嘅家庭。
    ni1 gei2 nin4 ngo5 gwaa3 zyu6 faan1 gung1, so1 fat1 zo2 ngo5 ge3 gaa1 ting4.
    • These years I've always been focusing on my job, and neglected my family.
  2. 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.
  3. Cantonese
    呢几年公司生意好差，我唯有问财务公司借钱周转住先。
    呢幾年公司生意好差，我唯有問財務公司借錢周轉住先。
    ni1 gei2 nin4 gung1 si1 saang1 ji3 hou2 caa1, ngo5 wai4 jau5 man6 coi4 mou6 gung1 si1 ze3 cin2 zau1 zyun2 zyu6 sin1.
    • In recent years, businesses went south and I had no way but to go to the financial company to keep up with the cash flow.
  4. Cantonese
    𠮶个烛光晚会取消咗好几年喇。
    嗰個燭光晚會取消咗好幾年喇。
    go2 go3 zuk1 gwong1 maan5 wui2 ceoi2 siu1 zo2 hou2 gei2 nin4 laa3.
    • The candlelight vigil has been cancelled for a few years.
  5. Cantonese
    先几年
    先幾年
    sin1 gei2 nin4
    • a few years ago
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    八十几年
    八十幾年
    bā shí jǐ nián
    • eighty-something years; eighty-odd years
  2. Cantonese
    八几年
    八幾年
    baat3 gei2 nin4
    • the '80s
  3. Mandarin
    你几几年的？
    你幾幾年的？
    nǐ jǐ jǐ nián de ？
    • What year were you born?
  4. Mandarin
    几年不见，她还那么漂亮。
    幾年不見，她還那麼漂亮。
    jǐ nián bù jiàn ， tā hái nà me piào liàng ．
    • She is still very beautiful after all these years.
  5. Mandarin
    还在几年以前，我们就研究过这个方案。
    還在幾年以前，我們就研究過這個方案。
    hái zài jǐ nián yǐ qián ， wǒ men jiù yán jiū guò zhè ge fān gàn ．
    • The proposal has been studied by us a couple of years ago (and now you made the suggestion to study it).