# 幾多
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐduō
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^2$ do$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai$^2$ do$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gi$^2$ o$^{1*}$ / gei$^2$ o$^{1*}$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gei$^2$ do$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kí-tô / kit-tô / it-tô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^3$ do$^1$ / gid$^5$ do$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǐ-duói
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^1$ do$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi$^2$ do$^1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji$^3$ do$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐduō
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐduo
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$-to$^1$
*** Yale: jǐ-dwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiduo
*** Palladius: цзидо (czido)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^2$ do$^1$
*** Yale: géi dō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^2$ do$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^2$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gai$^2$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi³⁵ tɔ²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gi$^2$ o$^{1*}$ / gei$^2$ o$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵⁵ ᵘɔ³³⁻³³⁵/, /kei⁵⁵ ᵘɔ³³⁻³³⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: gei$^2$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei²¹ tɔ³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tô / kit-tô
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$ do$^ˊ$ / gid$^ˋ$ do$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^3$ do$^1$ / gid$^5$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to²⁴/, /kit̚² to²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí-tô / kit-tô / it-tô
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$ do$^ˊ$ / gid$^ˋ$ do$^ˊ$ / id$^ˋ$ do$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^3$ do$^1$ / gid$^5$ do$^1$ / id$^5$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to²⁴/, /kit̚² to²⁴/, /it̚² to²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^3$ do$^1$ / gid$^5$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹ to⁴⁴/, /kit̚¹ to⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ-duói
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²¹ tuɛ⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gi$^1$ do$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki to
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³⁻²³ to³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gi$^2$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³ to⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^3$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁴¹ to³³/

### Adjective

幾多
* (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min) how many; how much
       keoi$^5$ gei$^2$ do$^1$ seoi$^3$ nei$^5$ dou$^1$ m$^4$ zi$^1$? [Jyutping]
       You don't even know how old [literally "how many years old"] he is?
    幾多錢？／几多钱？ [Cantonese] ― gei$^2$ do$^1$ cin$^{4-2}$? [Jyutping] ― How much does it cost?
    From: 李煜, 《虞美人·春花秋月何時了》
    Wèn jūn néng yǒu jǐduō chóu, qiàsì yī jiāng chūnshuǐ xiàng dōng liú. [Pinyin]
    If you ask me how much sorrow I have, it's just like this endless river of spring water flowing east.
* (Cantonese) a lot; so much
       mong$^6$ haa$^5$ go$^2$ bin$^6$, jau$^5$ gei$^2$ do$^1$ jyu$^4$! [Jyutping]
       Look over there, there's so much fish!

#### Synonyms

* (how many):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多少 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多少 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多少 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾多, 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 幾, 幾多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多少 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好些, 好多 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾多 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾多, 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾多 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多少 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 若夥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 幾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 偌濟 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 幾好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 幾漢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 多話 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 幾化 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 多少 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈兒, 幾倈 |
| Wu | Lishui | 幾粒 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 多 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好多 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 幾, 幾多 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好多, 幾多 |
* (a lot):
* 一系列 (yīxìliè)
* 不少 (bùshǎo)
* 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
* 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
* 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
* 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
* 好些 (hǎoxiē)
* 好多 (hǎoduō)
* 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
* 廣 / 广 (literary, or in compounds)
* 廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
* 延延 (yányán) (literary)
* 很多 (hěnduō)
* 𣍐少 / 𫧃少 (Hokkien)
* 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
* 浩繁 (hàofán)
* 百
* 眾多 / 众多 (zhòngduō)
* 繁多 (fánduō)
* 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
* 許多 / 许多 (xǔduō)
* 諸多 / 诸多 (zhūduō)
* 颮颮 / 飑飑 (literary)

### Adverb

幾多
* (Northern Min, Xiang) how; what; so; such

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多麼, 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 幾 | 多 |
| いく Grade: S | た Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi ||

### Etymology

Literal reading of 幾多(いくそばく) (ikusobaku).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いくた [íꜜkùtà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ikɯ̟ta̠]

### Adverb

幾(いく)多(た) • (ikuta)
* many, much
    幾(いく)多(た)の困(こん)難(なん)を乗(の)り越(こ)えなければならない。
       Ikuta no konnan o norikoenakereba naranai.
       We must overcome lots of difficulties.

### References

* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN