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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-kí
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ gi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² gi³
  - Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ ki³¹/

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/	/kɨi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/kɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/kiəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/kɨj^X/
Li Rong	/mio/	/kiəi^X/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/kĭəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ke̯i^X/
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 ›	‹ kjɨj^X ›
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

to be not many/much; to be very few/little
(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).