无几

無幾
wújǐ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 very few
  2. 2 hardly any; very little

Examples

HSK 5
Néng dúdǒng zhè shǒu gǔshī de xuésheng wéishù wújǐ.
Very few students can understand this classical poem.
HSK 7-9
Lǎorén zìzhī láirì wújǐ, bǎ fángzi liúgěi le sūnzi.
Knowing he had few days left, the old man left his house to his grandson.

Tips

usage
无几 is literary and rarely stands alone. It usually closes a four-character phrase: 寥寥无几 (only a handful), 所剩无几 (hardly any left), 相差无几 (almost no difference), 为数无几 (few in number).
memory
无 "without" + 几 "how many": so few that there is nothing to count.

Stroke Order

无 wú
几 jǐ