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语法
how many: 几 vs 多少 (fewer than 10, more than 10)
https://mandarinbean.com/ji-vs-duoshao/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions

词汇
不必, don't have to; 不断, constantly; 不论, no matter whether; 不安, uneasy; 不得不, cannot but; 不光, not only; 不仅, not only; 能不能, can or not ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我们想问您几个问题,不知道您方便吗, we'd like to ask you a few questions, if you have time
多少钱都不够, no amount of money could be enough
我有不得不做的事情, I have things I have to do

Me:
我们现在有几个问题,还是多少个问题?
我的最坏的习惯就是不断地抱怨。
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语法
几 + measure word + noun in quantity questions (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions

词汇
零, zero (pinyin in tags)
Also written 〇 but that's no fun.
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
龙城的冬天都零下好几度了, winters in Dragon City are freezing
为了你这句话我练了几天几夜, how many days and nights did I practice because of what you said

Me:
在你的花园里有几朵花?
今年是二零二二年。

grayswandir linked the Wikipedia (mostly) comprehensive list of measure words, which is fun to browse through. I'm especially taken by 颗 for small objects (一颗珠子, a pearl) and objects appearing small (一颗星星, a star). How do you count stars up close?
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语法
verb (without object) + 了 + amount of time + 了 again, to indicate an action that has been going on for X duration and is still ongoing
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_ongoing_duration_with_double_%22le%22
(top half of the page only)

词汇
几, several/how many (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
咱们几个斗了也有大半年了吧, we've been fighting various fights for over six months now.
和儿子拥抱的感觉如何,你好像等了二十年了, how did it feel to hug your son, you seem to have been waiting twenty years
说什么呢,就几个苹果, what are you saying, it's just a few apples.

Me:
我只看了一个小时了,已经看到了牵牛花长大了。
我喜欢几种音乐。
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语法
好几, "quite a few"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22ji%22_to_mean_%22several%22 (bottom of page)

词汇
非常, extremely/very (literally "unusual, emergency") (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
我听说你最近一个人要打好几份工作来照顾奶奶, I hear that recently you are working several jobs to take care of your grandmother
这个任务呢,非常的简单, this duty is extremely simple
你在我心里非常重要。你们每一个人都是我的朋友,家人,没有谁比谁更重要。 You are very important to me. You're all my friends, my family, no one more important than another.

Me:
我走过去走过来那个商店前面好几次之后,终于敢进去了。
这个菜非常辣的,大概你不会吃。
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语法
几 + numbers: a few dozen/tens, a few hundred, etc.
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22ji%22_to_mean_%22several%22 (middle of page)

词汇
飞, to fly (also 飞机, airplane) pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
跨越时间一起飞行 (okay, technically not part of the drama itself, but come on)
一看到漂亮的女人,魂都飞走了 (you [men] see a pretty woman and your soul flies out of your body)
实验都做过几百回了 (I've done the experiment a few hundred times)

Me:
我真讨厌坐飞机。
这个节目几十年了放映了。
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(it's still 5/5 here at least! 道歉延迟了,comment replies soon also)

语法
几 + measure word to mean “several”
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Using_%22ji%22_to_mean_%22several%22
(top of page)

词汇
放, to let out/discharge/put (also 放假, have a holiday, and 放学, holiday from school) pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
说什么呢,就几个苹果 (what are you talking about, it’s just a few apples)
赵云澜不会把你放出来 (Zhao Yunlan isn’t going to let you out, to which Zhu Hong responds with 我又不是狗又不是猫)

Me:
她养着几只猫,它们都很可爱。
你必须放了过去。
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Measure word 几(个) for relatively small quantities of things
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions

几个 or 几(all the other six zillion counters, some of which make more sense than others)

Guardian:
几点了? what time is it? (Zhao Yunlan asks this quite often, but all the other Guardian 几 I can find are "some ~" rather than questions.)

My practice:
你到底有几双鞋子?
为了这个工作需要几个人?
这个动物园有几只水豚? (had to look that one up)

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