<p>"jigga" ：几个  （ji3 ge4) 
it means 'how many?' or  'several'. 
it depends on your tone, query  or indicative mood.</p>

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2019-05-13T11:06:57.533Z
2019-05-13T11:06:57.533Z
Coral
<p>Could also be  那个 (nèige) kinda sounds like a racial slur... It's like a pause or like the (well) in "well...i was just considering going shopping. Where in english you might say ummm or hmmm or well.</p>

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2020-04-22T04:14:25.150Z
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Daniel
<p>Or perhaps 几个 （ji3 ge4) (which means "how many").</p>

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2019-05-12T23:38:10.937Z
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user21992
<p>The word that sounds like "jigga" would be:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqtm=0&amp;wdqcham=2&amp;wdqt=%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%0D%0A" rel="noreferrer">这个</a><br>
  zhè​ge</p>
</blockquote>

<p>and it means:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>this / this one </p>
</blockquote>

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<p>It is sometimes also pronounced </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>zhèi​ge</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Which would account for any variations in pronunciation that you might hear.</p>

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2019-05-12T01:01:27.487Z
2019-05-12T01:01:27.487Z
Mou某
<p>I saw this <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/22145/4136">Very frequently used word in Mandarin that sounds like &quot;nica&quot; or &quot;nigah&quot;</a> question, but I often hear another word in Chinese Mandarin that sounds like "jigga." It seems to be used very frequently and is almost certainly not a reference to Jay-Z. </p>

<p>Does anyone know what it is?</p>

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Word in Mandarin that is often used that sounds like "jigga"?
# Word in Mandarin that is often used that sounds like "jigga"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-12)

I saw this [Very frequently used word in Mandarin that sounds like "nica" or "nigah"](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/22145/4136) question, but I often hear another word in Chinese Mandarin that sounds like "jigga." It seems to be used very frequently and is almost certainly not a reference to Jay-Z.

Does anyone know what it is?

**Tags:** meaning, word

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2019-05-12. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

The word that sounds like "jigga" would be:

> [这个](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqtm=0&wdqcham=2&wdqt=%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%AA%0D%0A)  
> zhè​ge

and it means:

> this / this one

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It is sometimes also pronounced

> zhèi​ge

Which would account for any variations in pronunciation that you might hear.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-13. Score: 1

"jigga" ：几个 （ji3 ge4)
it means 'how many?' or 'several'.
it depends on your tone, query or indicative mood.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-22. Score: 1

Could also be 那个 (nèige) kinda sounds like a racial slur... It's like a pause or like the (well) in "well...i was just considering going shopping. Where in english you might say ummm or hmmm or well.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-05-12. Score: 1

Or perhaps 几个 （ji3 ge4) (which means "how many").


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