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十几

shí jǐ · shi ji

Traditional 十幾

Meaning

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  1. more than ten; a dozen or more
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In a conversation

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How many cups?

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)来(lái)多少(duōshao)人(rén)？

    How many people came today?

  2. Liangliang

    十几(shíjǐ)个(gè)。

    A dozen or so.

  3. Dengdeng

    十几(shíjǐ)个(gè)是(shì)多少(duōshao)？十一(shíyī)还是(háishi)十九(shíjiǔ)？

    More than ten is how many? Eleven or nineteen?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)数(shǔ)一下(yīxià)……十五(shíwǔ)个(gè)！

    Let me count... fifteen!

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)带(dài)了(le)十(shí)个(gè)杯子(bēizi)。

    But I only brought ten cups.

  6. Liangliang

    没(méi)关系(guānxi)，我(wǒ)再(zài)去(qù)买(mǎi)五个(wǔgè)，十几个(shíjǐgè)人(rén)都(dōu)够用(gòuyòng)

    No problem. I will go buy five more, and there will be enough for the dozen or so people.

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In a sentence

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01

我(wǒ)们(men)十(shí)几(jǐ)个(gè)人(rén)挤(jǐ)在(zài)一(yí)辆(liàng)小(xiǎo)车(chē)里(lǐ)。

A dozen or so of us were crammed into a small car.

02

他(tā)十(shí)几(jǐ)岁(suì)就(jiù)离(lí)开(kāi)家(jiā)乡(xiāng)去(qù)外(wài)地(dì)打(dǎ)工(gōng)。

He left his hometown in his teens to work elsewhere.

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