九
Character Breakdown
Radical: 乙 (no. 5)
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- nine
- 9
Example Sentences
九点上课。
Jiǔ diǎn shàngkè
Class starts at nine
Words Containing 九
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 九份 | 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 | |
| 九十 | jiǔ shí | ninety | |
| 九卿 | jiǔ qīng | the Nine Ministers (in imperial China) | |
| 九台 | Jiǔ tái | Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin | |
| 三九天 | sān jiǔ tiān | the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year | |
| 下九流 | xià jiǔ liú | the lowest professions | |
| 九原区 | Jiǔ yuán qū | Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia | |
| 一言九鼎 | yī yán jiǔ dǐng | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | |
| 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) | |
| 三旬九食 | sān xún jiǔ shí | lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) |
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Related Words
一言九鼎(yī yán jiǔ dǐng)— one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
→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)
→三旬九食(sān xún jiǔ shí)— lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
→三跪九叩(sān guì jiǔ kòu)— to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
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HSK & Exam Info
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