How to Say ‘Roughly how many people?’ in Traditional Chinese
請問大概幾位呢？
qǐng wèn dà gài jǐ wèi ne
[chihng-wuhn dàgài jǐ way nuh]
💬 Usage Tip: 位 is the polite counting word for people. Staff use it instead of the everyday 個, as in 三位 "three people". 幾 asks "how many" for small numbers, and the 呢 at the end softens the question.
Phrase Breakdown
請問
qǐng wèn
[chihng-wuhn]
May I ask
A polite way to start a question.
請問您可以換其他時間嗎？
May I ask if you can change to another time?
大概幾位呢？
dà gài jǐ wèi ne
about how many people?
大概 means 'about/roughly'. 幾位 is the polite way to say 'how many people'. 呢 softens the question.
你們大概幾位呢？
About how many of you are there?
Words in this phrase
大概
dà gài
[dàgài]
approximately; probably
Adverb for a rough estimate or likelihood.
大概十個人會來。
About ten people will come.
幾
jǐ
[jǐ]
how many
Used to ask about a quantity or a number, often related to time.
你幾點到？
What time will you arrive?
位
wèi
[way]
classifier for people (polite)
A respectful measure word used when counting people.
我想認識幾位業界前輩，學習他們的經驗。
I want to meet a few seniors in the industry and learn from their experience.
呢
ne
[nuh]
sentence particle for softening a question or tone
Often placed at the end of a question to sound more natural and conversational.
你們平常怎麼合作呢？我想多了解一下。
How do you usually work together? I’d like to understand more.
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