几何

幾何

jǐhé

noun #14,393

Meanings

1 geometry
2 (literary) how much

Characters

how many; several

Examples

我们正在学几何。

Wǒmen zhèngzài xué jǐhé.

We're studying geometry.

这道几何题太难了。

Zhè dào jǐhé tí tài nán le.

This geometry problem is too hard.

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history

The math term 几何 was coined by Xu Guangqi (徐光启) when he translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese in 1607. He chose 几何 ('how much') as a phonetic approximation of 'geo-' from 'geometry.'

Stroke Order

几 jǐ

何 hé