幾年 [几－]

Jyutping gei2 nin4
Pinyin jǐ nián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a few years
  2. several years
  3. how many 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
    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
    一九几年？（对比「一九几多年？」）
    一九幾年？（對比「一九幾多年？」）
    jat1 gau2 gei2 nin4?
    • Year 190-what (19x)? (cf. "Year nineteen what [19xx]?")
  3. Cantonese
    要写明几年几月几日㗎。
    要寫明幾年幾月幾日㗎。
    jiu3 se2 ming4 gei2 nin4 gei2 jyut6 gei2 jat6 gaa3.
    • You have to state clearly which year, month and day.
  4. Cantonese
    呢间大学近几年出咗几个有名嘅数学家。
    呢間大學近幾年出咗幾個有名嘅數學家。
    ni1 gaan1 daai6 hok6 gan6 gei2 nin4 ceot1 zo2 gei2 go3 jau5 ming4 ge3 sou3 hok6 gaa1.
    • This university has produced a number of well-known mathematicians in the past few years.
  5. Cantonese
    先几年
    先幾年
    sin1 gei2 nin4
    • few years ago