十几

十幾

shíjǐ

number #7,035

Meanings

1 more than ten
2 ten-something
3 a dozen or so

Characters

how many; some; several

Examples

他等了十几分钟。

Tā děng le shíjǐ fēnzhōng.

He waited for more than ten minutes.

教室里有十几个学生。

Jiàoshì lǐ yǒu shíjǐ gè xuéshēng.

There are a dozen or so students in the classroom.

Tips

grammar

几 after a digit means 'some/several' in an approximate number. This pattern works with other tens: 二十几 (twenty-something), 三十几 (thirty-something).

Stroke Order

十 shí

几 jǐ