無幾

简 无几 · 繁 無幾
Mandarin · pinyin wú jǐ

Meanings

  1. very little
  2. hardly any
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幾
jǐ · how many? how much?; a few, some
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
几
jǐ · small table
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2–3 · wu2 ji3

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verb · Etymology 1

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

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