無幾

Chinese

		not have	how much; how many; several how much; how many; several; a few; almost
trad. (無幾)		無	幾
simp. (无几)		无	几

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wújǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wújǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wújǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-chi³
    • Yale: wú-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wujii
    • Palladius: уцзи (uczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gei²
    • Yale: mòuh géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ gi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ ki³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mju kj+jX

Rime
Character	無	幾
Reading #	1/1	3/4
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武夫切	居狶切
Baxter	mju	kj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/kɨiX/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/kɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/kiəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/kɨjX/
Li Rong	/mio/	/kiəiX/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/kĭəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ke̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma  kəjʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ma  kɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	幾
Reading #	1/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ kjɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*kəjʔ/
English	not have	few; how many
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	無	幾
Reading #	1/1	2/4
No.	13117	5800
Phonetic component	無	幾
Rime group	魚	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	無	蟣
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*kɯlʔ/

Verb

無幾

1. to be not many/much; to be very few/little
2. (literary) not much time; soon

Derived terms

• 寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
• 所剩無幾／所剩无几 (suǒshèngwújǐ)
• 相去無幾／相去无几
• 相差無幾／相差无几

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 無幾 – see 無冀 (“to be hopeless; to be without hope”). (This term is a variant form of 無冀).