好几 meaning in English

hǎojǐ

several; quite a few

Traditional 好幾8 strokes

Meaning of 好几

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hǎojǐ
  1. several
  2. quite a few

好几 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā等děng了le好hǎo几jǐ个gè小xiǎo时shí。
She waited for hours and hours.
我wǒ望wàng著zhù海hǎi好hǎo几jǐ个gè小xiǎo时shí。
I gazed at the sea for hours.
我wǒ昨zuó天tiān买mǎi了le好hǎo几jǐ本běn书shū。
I bought several books yesterday.
我wǒ有yǒu好hǎo几jǐ打dǎ呢ne。
I have several dozens of them.
一yì直zhí等děng了le好hǎo几jǐ个gè小xiǎo时shí,才cái有yǒu人rén来lái救jiù我wǒ们men。
We waited for hours before help arrived.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

好 hǎo · good · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

几 jǐ · how many · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Related words

Words that share a character with 好几.

最好zuìhǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
好玩儿hǎowánrerhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem like
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
好多hǎoduōmany; quite a lot
好人hǎoréngood person; healthy person
正好zhènghǎojust (in time); just right
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity

Questions about 好几

What does 好几 mean?

好几 (hǎojǐ) means "several; quite a few".

How do you write 好几?

好几 is made of 2 characters: 好 (6 strokes), 几 (2 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

How is 好几 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 好几 is written 好幾.