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 jiǔ nine / 9
Results beginning with 九
 Jiǔ yuè September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
 jiǔ tiān the Ninth Heaven / the highest of the heavens
 jiǔ shí ninety
 Jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
 jiǔ chéng nine-tenths / ninety percent
 jiǔ zhé 10% off (price)
 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
 jiǔ quán the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
 jiǔ qīng the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
 jiǔ bā Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
 Jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
 jiǔ guī abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
 Jiǔ jiāng Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi / also Jiujiang county
 jiǔ kǒng abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
 Jiǔ lǐ Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
 Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong
 jiǔ qiào nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
 Jiǔ rú Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
 Jiǔ tái Jiutai District of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
 jiǔ yě the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China
 jiǔ yuān abyss / deep chasm
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 Jiǔ huá shān Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
 jiǔ yuè fèn September / ninth month
 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
 jiǔ qī nián '97 / the year 1997
 Jiǔ lóng chéng Kowloon City, Hong Kong
 Jiǔ gōng shān Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
 Jiǔ yí shān Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
 jiǔ biān xíng nonagon
 jiǔ céng tǎ basil
 jiǔ chóng xiāo ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
 jiǔ guān niǎo hill myna / Indian grackle / Gracula religiosa
 jiǔ hào qiú nine-ball (billiards game)
 Jiǔ jiāng shì Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
 Jiǔ jiāng xiàn Jiujiang county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
 jiǔ kǒng luó see 九孔[jiu3 kong3]
 jiǔ lián huán Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
 jiǔ líng hòu 90s generation
 Jiǔ lǐ qū Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Jiǔ lóng pō Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 Jiǔ lóng xiàn Jiulong county (Tibetan: brgyad zur rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
 jiǔ miàn tǐ enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
 Jiǔ rú xiāng Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
 Jiǔ tái Qū Jiutai District of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
 Jiǔ tái shì Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
 jiǔ wěi guī nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
 jiǔ wěi hú nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
 jiǔ xiāng chóng brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
 Jiǔ yuán qū Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
 Jiǔ zhài gōu Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan / Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life
 Jiǔ sān Xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè to reach for the stars (idiom)
 jiǔ xiāo yún wài beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
  Alliance of Nine
齿 jiǔ chǐ dīng pá The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])
 Jiǔ Er4 Gòng shí 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
 jiǔ fēn zhī yī one ninth
 Jiǔ gōng shān zhèn Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
 Jiǔ jiāng dì qū Jiujiang prefecture in Jiangxi
 Jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
 Jiǔ lóng Chéng zhài Kowloon Walled City
 Jiǔ lóng pō qū Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
 Jiǔ tiān Xuán nu:3 Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
 jiǔ xiào lián méng C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
 jiǔ xún lǎo rén nonagenarian
 jiǔ yuè gé mìng al-Fatih revolution / revolution of 1 September
 Jiǔ zhài gōu xiàn Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
 Jiǔ zhāng Suàn shù The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
 jiǔ zhōu dà xué Kyushu
 jiǔ gōng gé shù dú sudoku (puzzle game)
 jiǔ jiǔ chéng fǎ biǎo multiplication table
 Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
 jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì tremendous strength (idiom)
 jiǔ lóng zhēn guāng zhōng xué Kowloon
 jiǔ yuè yī rì gé mìng jié al-Fatih revolution / revolution of 1 September
 Jiǔ zhài gōu Fēng jǐng míng shèng qū Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维)
 jiǔ tiě dōu chéng jiā mù diàn dòng liè chē KCR
  Summit Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of Nine
  Nine High-Population Developing Countries
  Education for All Summit of Nine High-Population Developing Countries / E-9 Summit / Education for All Summit
  Education for All Summit of Nine High-Population Developing Countries / E-9 Summit / Education for All Summit
Approximate Results for 九
 shí jiǔ nineteen / 19
 dì jiǔ ninth
 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
 shǔ jiǔ nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)
 Bèi jiǔ Beethoven's Ninth
广 Guǎng Jiǔ Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)
 jiāo jiǔ the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
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 dì shí jiǔ nineteenth
 Mǎ Yīng jiǔ Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old
 dì jiǔ shí ninetieth
 xiǎo jiǔ jiǔ multiplication tables / (fig.) plan / scheme
 chòu lǎo jiǔ stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
 shǔ jiǔ tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
 xià jiǔ liú the lowest professions
 zhū jiǔ zú to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
 shí ná jiǔ wěn to be a cinch / in the bag / (of a person) confident of success
 lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom) / fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.
 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
 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.)
 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
 sān zhēn jiǔ liè (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
 shí chéng jiǔ wěn see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3]
 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom) / words of enormous weight
 Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
广 Guǎng Jiǔ tiě lù Guangdong and Kowloon railway
 Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lù JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
 shí dǔ jiǔ shū lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
 yī jiǔ sì jiǔ 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
 zhōng gòng jiǔ dà Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969
 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right
 bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí 90 percent
 liǎng diǎn shí jiǔ fēn 2 :1 9 (time of day)
 Yī èr Jiǔ Yùn dòng December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
 yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián the year 1997
 yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
  Vilnius Nine
 xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
 rì běn xiàn fǎ dì jiǔ tiáo Article
 yī qiān sì bǎi èr shí jiǔ 1429
  ninth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly on the question of Namibia
  Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment
  Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women
  nineteenth special session of the General Assembly / special session of the General Assembly devoted to the overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21 / Earth Summit + 5
  Committee of Nine on Liberia
  ninth emergency special session of the General Assembly
 fàn hòu bǎi bù zǒu , huó dào jiǔ shí jiǔ walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
 yī jiǔ qī èr nián guó jì hǎi shàng bì pèng guī zé International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
  Committee of Nine Non-Aligned Countries on Palestine
Chinese Tones