Chinese symbol for “several”
好几
hǎo jǐ
Traditional: 好幾
several; quite a few
The closest CC-CEDICT match for several is 好几 (hǎo jǐ), defined as: several; quite a few.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “several”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三五 | sān wǔ | several; three or five |
| 几个 (幾個) | jǐ ge | a few; several |
| 数 (數) | shù | number; figure; several; a few |
| 几 (幾) | jǐ | how many; how much; several; a few |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 好几.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 几个 (幾個) | jǐ ge | a few; several |
| 几乎 (幾乎) | jī hū | almost; nearly; practically |
See also: Japanese symbol for “several”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.