幾廿
Chinese
| several | reduced form of 十 (sap6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幾廿) | 幾 | 廿 | |
| simp. (几廿) | 几 | 廿 | |
Etymology
Elided form of 幾十 / 几十 (gei2 sap6).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei2 jaa6
- Yale: géi yah
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei2 jaa6
- Guangdong Romanization: géi2 ya6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯³⁵ jaː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Numeral
幾廿
- (Cantonese) multiples of ten
- 2016, 雲清子, “儲酒創富”, in 港股策略王, number 78, page 86:
- 講起收藏紅酒有小小冷知識可以分享,以前歐洲好多識酒之人都喜歡投資靚酒莊紅酒,幾廿年前喺紅酒全球普及化前已經買入,放係[sic – meaning 喺]自己celler[sic – meaning cellar]好好保存,十零廿年後支酒就成熟到peak time,到自己退休時就放售套現當退休金,喺歐洲呢種投資方式分分鐘回報好過買樓多多聲 [Cantonese, trad.]
- gong2 hei2 sau1 cong4 hung4 zau2 jau5 siu2 siu2 laang5 zi1 sik1 ho2 ji5 fan1 hoeng2, ji5 cin4 au1 zau1 hou2 do1 sik1 zau2 zi1 jan4 dou1 hei2 fun1 tau4 zi1 leng3 zau2 zong1 hung4 zau2, gei2 jaa6 nin4 cin4 hai2 hung4 zau2 cyun4 kau4 pou2 kap6 faa3 cin4 ji5 ging1 maai5 jap6, fong3 hai2 zi6 gei2 celler hou2 hou2 bou2 cyun4, sap6 leng4 jaa6 nin4 hau6 zi1 zau2 zau6 sing4 suk6 dou3 peak time, dou3 zi6 gei2 teoi3 jau1 si4 zau6 fong3 sau6 tou3 jin6 dong3 teoi3 jau1 gam1, hai2 au1 zau1 ni1 zung2 tau4 zi1 fong1 sik1 fan1 fan1 zung1 wui4 bou3 hou2 gwo3 maai5 lau4-2 do1 do1 seng1 [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
讲起收藏红酒有小小冷知识可以分享,以前欧洲好多识酒之人都喜欢投资靓酒庄红酒,几廿年前喺红酒全球普及化前已经买入,放系[sic – meaning 喺]自己celler[sic – meaning cellar]好好保存,十零廿年后支酒就成熟到peak time,到自己退休时就放售套现当退休金,喺欧洲呢种投资方式分分钟回报好过买楼多多声 [Cantonese, simp.]
Usage notes
- Must be followed by a classifier.