九 jiǔ

nine

HSK 1 #445

DEFINITIONS

九 jiǔ
  • nine
  • 9

STROKES

WORDS

九月 jiǔ yuè September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19
九十 jiǔ shí ninety
十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
九月份 jiǔ yuè fèn September; ninth month
九尾狐 jiǔ wěi hú nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
九天 jiǔ tiān the Ninth Heaven; the highest of the heavens
十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
十拿九稳 shí ná jiǔ wěn to be a cinch; in the bag; (of a person) confident of success
九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
八九不离十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close; very near; about right
九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
九龙 jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong
一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九分之一 jiǔ fēn zhī yī one ninth
牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades
三九天 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom); fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation; in dire straits
三贞九烈 sān zhēn jiǔ liè (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
三貞九烈 sān zhēn jiǔ liè (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
下九流 xià jiǔ liú the lowest professions
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