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九
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
num.nine; 9; one more than eight; (refer to 数字)
三乘三得九。
Three times three is nine.
这个小区有九栋房子。
There are nine buildings in this community.
我们认识九年了。
We have known each other for nine years.
- 2
num.many; numerous
九霄
heaven
九死一生
survival after many perils
三弯九转
many twists and turns
- 3
n.each of the nine nine-day periods beginning from the day after the winter solstice
三九
third nine-day period after the winter Solstice
九尽寒尽。
By the end of the ninth nine-day period after the winter solstice, winter has ended.
数九
beginning of the nine nine-day periods following the Winter Solstice
Words and phrases with 九
- 九宫[word]nine modes of ancient Chinese music
- 九重霄[word]the highest heavens
- 九宫格儿[word]squared paper for practising Chinese calligraphy
- 九头鸟[word]nine-headed bird/wise bird [a legendary ominous bird]; crafty/cunning/deceitful person
- 九归[word]abacus division rules
- 九渊[word]abyss
- 九州[word]nine administrative divisions of ancient China; a poetic name for China
- 九尾狐[word]nine-tailed fox
- 九九歌[word]multiplication table
- 九霄云外[idiom]beyond the highest heavens
- 九牛一毛[idiom]single hair out of nine ox hides
- 九九归一[idiom]when all is said and done
- 九天揽月[idiom]great aspiration
- 九死一生[idiom]narrow escape from death
- 九五之尊[idiom]the imperial throne
- 九泉之下[idiom]after death
- 九曲回肠[idiom]knot in one's stomach