好几

好幾

hǎojǐ

adjective #1,592

Meanings

Wǒ děng le hǎo jǐ gè xiǎoshí.

I waited for several hours.

Tā qù guo hǎo jǐ cì Zhōngguó.

He's been to China quite a few times.

Hǎo jǐ gè rén 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