HOW MANY    幾個

WHAT NUMBER OF?
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING
Hypernym
  • NUMBER　QUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.] (anc: 6/0, child: 19)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)

Words (5 items)

幾  jǐ MC: kj+jX OC: kɯlʔ 11 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npro.adNrhetoricalhow many N(on the face of the earth...)?CH
  • npro.adNquestionhow many, how much?
  • v[adN]N=humhow many [persons]
  • vadV{NUM}.adNhow many?
多小  duō xiǎo OC: k-laal smewʔ MC: tɑ siɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPimany or few > be how many
几何  jǐ hé OC: krilʔ ɡlaal MC: ki ɦɑ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • PPpostNhow many?
幾個  jǐ gè OC: kɯlʔ kaals MC: kɨi kɑ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPpro.adVsubjecthow many (persons/items)?
幾箇  jǐ gè OC: kɯlʔ kaals MC: kɨi kɑ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • PPadVsubjecthow many (persons, things)