九 jiǔ
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jiǔ
number
nine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '九' n; Unihan '九') -
jiǔ
adjective
many
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '九' adj)
Contained in
- 一九四一年 1941
- 一九六一年 1961
- 一九九三年 1993
- 臭老九 stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
- 九月 September; the Ninth Month
- 三旬九食 to have only nine meals in thirty days; (of a family) on the brink of starvation; in dire straits
- 九十二 92
- 一九九一年 1991
- 一九九二年 1992
- 九头鸟(九頭鳥) legendary bird with nine heads ; cunning or sly person
- 八九不离十(八九不離十) pretty close; very near; about right
- 一九三〇年 1930
- 小九九 multiplication tables; (fig.) plan; scheme
- 一九八八年 1988
- 第九 ninth
- 一九五六年 1956
- 一九〇一年 1901
- 一九七四年 1974
- 九死一生 nine deaths and still alive; a narrow escape
- 九零后(九零後) 90s generation
- 九九乘法表 multiplication table
- 一九七七年 1977
- 九重天 nine layers of heaven
- 饭后百步走，活到九十九(飯後百步走，活到九十九) walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life
- 第十九 nineteenth
- 九千 nine thousand
- 一九四七年 1947
- 一九三六年 1936
- 九重霄 ninth heaven; Highest Heaven
- 九族 nine kinds of kin
- 九十七 97
- 一九九〇年 1990
- 一九二一年 1921
- 牌九 pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
- 九十九 99
- 一九八二年 1982
- 九层塔(九層塔) basil
- 九牛一毛 one hair from nine oxen; a drop in the ocean
- 一九一九年 1919
- 三跪九叩 to kneel three times and kowtow nine times
- 九变(九變) nine variations [of tactics]
- 九曜 nine stars
- 一九九七年 1997
- 一九四〇年 1940
Also contained in
九寨沟风景名胜区 、 九原区 、 九章 、 九真郡 、 九里 、 九卿 、 九尾龟
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 192
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 187
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 185
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 165
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 92
- 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 86
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 83
- 卷34 志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 82
- 卷四十八 志第三十八 百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 81
- 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 78
Collocations
- 九年 (九年) 惟九年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 110
- 九句 (九句) 一章九句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧君子偕老 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Jun Zi Xie Lao — count: 10
- 传九 (傳九) 傳九年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 经九 (經九) 經九年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 章九 (章九) 一章九句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧君子偕老 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Jun Zi Xie Lao — count: 7
- 九人 (九人) 獻公之子九人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
- 桓公九 (桓公九) 桓公九年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
- 九德 (九德) 亦行有九德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 4
- 九罭 (九罭) 九罭 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧九罭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Jiu Yu — count: 4
- 九功 (九功) 九功惟敘 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3