好几

好幾

hǎojǐ

adjective #1,592

Meanings

我等了好几个小时。

Wǒ děng le hǎojǐ gè xiǎoshí.

I waited for several hours.

他去过好几次中国。

Tā qù guo hǎojǐ cì Zhōngguó.

He's been to China quite a few times.

好几个人都这么说。

Hǎojǐ gèrén dōu zhème shuō.

Quite a few people said so.

usage

好几 always comes before a measure word: 好几个、好几次、好几年. It emphasizes that the number is more than expected — 'a good several'.

grammar

好 here is an intensifier meaning 'quite/very', not 'good'. Compare: 好多 (quite a lot), 好久 (quite a long time).

好 hǎo

几 jǐ