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Jyutping gei2 jaa6
Pinyin jǐ niàn

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 數詞
    幾十
    multiples of ten
    • 好心你幾廿歲人就大方啲,唔好同個細路計較啦!
      好心你几廿岁人就大方啲,唔好同个细路计较啦!
      hou2 sam1 nei5 gei2 jaa6 seoi2 yan4 zau6 daai6 fong1 di1, m4 hou2 tung4 go3 sai3 lou6 gai3 gaau3 laa1.
      You're so old already, you should be generous instead of picking on the child!
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    𠮶个地方我去过几廿次喇。
    嗰個地方我去過幾廿次喇。
    go2 go3 dei6 fong1 ngo5 heoi3 gwo3 gei2 jaa6 ci3 laa3 。
    • I went there dozens of times.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    几廿蚊买啲噉嘅野,真系唔化算。
    幾廿蚊買啲噉嘅野,真係唔化算。
    gei2 ja6 man1 maai5 di1 gam2 ge3 je5,zan1 hai6 m4 faa3 syun3.
    • X
  2. Cantonese
    我成几廿岁人喇㖞,靓鬼呀?咪氹我啦。
    我成幾廿歲人喇喎,靚鬼呀?咪氹我啦。
    ngo5 seng4 gei2 jaa6 seoi3 jan4 laa3 wo3, leng3 gwai2 aa4? mai5 tam3 ngo5 laa1.
    • I'm middle-aged already and you call me gorgeous? Come on, don't flatter me.
  3. Cantonese
    佢眼角好高架!所以成几廿岁都未拍过拖。
    佢眼角好高架!所以成幾廿歲都未拍過拖。
    keoi5 ngaan5 gok3 hou2 gou1 gaa3! so2 ji5 seng4 gei2 jaa6 seoi3 dou1 mei6 paak3 gwo3 to1.
    • He has demanding criteria towards his better half, so he has not got any experience in dating yet even though he is middle-aged.
  4. Cantonese
    随住医学进步,话唔定过多十几廿个世纪,人类就可以征服死亡,获得永生。
    隨住醫學進步,話唔定過多十幾廿個世紀,人類就可以征服死亡,獲得永生。
    ceoi4 zyu6 ji1 hok6 zeon3 bou6, waa6 m4 ding6 gwo3 do1 sap6 gei2 aa6 go3 sai3 gei2, jan4 leoi6 zau6 ho2 ji5 zing1 fuk6 sei2 mong4, wok6 dak1 wing5 sang1
    • With medical advancements over the next one to two thousand years, perhaps man can conquer mortality and gain eternal life.
  5. Cantonese
    头先 我哋玩闪避球,阿松佢姐手姐脚 咁闪避不及,食咗几廿个波饼。
    頭先 我哋玩閃避球,阿松佢姐手姐腳 咁閃避不及,食咗幾廿個波餅。
    tau4 sin1 ngo5 dei6 waan2 sim2 bei6 kau4,aa3 cung4 keoi5 ze2 sau2 ze2 goek3 gam2 sim2 bei6 bat1 kap6,sik6 zo2 gei2 jaa6 go3 bo1 beng2。
    • Just now we played dodgeball. A-chung, being so clumsy and unable to dodge, took dozens of hit to the face.