几十

幾十

jǐshí

number #7,775

Meanings

1 tens of; several dozen; dozens

Characters

how many; several

Several + ten — an indefinite number in the tens range (roughly 20-90).

Examples

几十个人在排队。

Jǐshí gèrén zài páiduì.

Dozens of people are standing in line.

他在这家公司工作了几十年。

Tā zài zhèjiā gōngsī gōngzuò le jǐshí nián.

He has worked at this company for decades.

这本书只要几十块钱。

Zhè běnshū zhǐyào jǐshí kuài qián.

This book only costs a few dozen yuan.

Tips

grammar

几 + a round number creates an approximate quantity: 几十 (tens), 几百 (hundreds), 几千 (thousands), 几万 (tens of thousands). The pattern works with any power of ten.

Stroke Order

几 jǐ

十 shí