櫃子上有幾本書？

How many books are on the shelf?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 櫃子 guìzi
  1. cupboard
  2. cabinet
=2 上 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=2 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=3 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=3 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
=4 幾 jī almost
=4 幾 jǐ
  1. how much
  2. how many
  3. several
  4. a few
=4 幾 jì
  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 冀 (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of 紀 /纪 (“age; year”)
  3. alternative form of 冀 (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
  4. alternative form of 紀 /纪 (“age; year”)
5 本書 běnshū
  1. book of genealogy
  2. original book; original work
  3. this book