若干 ruògān a certain number or amount
a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
How to remember 若干: 若 if + 干 do = a certain number or amount.
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How it is used
- A certain (unspecified) number or amount - several - 若干问题 (ruògān wèntí) a number of issues, 若干年后 (ruògān nián hòu) some years later.
- A formal/written way to say 'some/several' without giving a figure; in questions, 'how many/much?'.
- Register: documents, reports, official texts; more formal than 一些 (yìxiē).