九声六调
jiǔ shēng liù diào
Pinyin

Definition

九声六调
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jiǔ shēng liù diào
  1. nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

九
jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
六
liù
  1. 1 six
  2. 2 6
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三十六计
sān shí liù jì
  1. 1 The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
  2. 2 all the possible schemes and stratagems
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
九十
jiǔ shí
  1. 1 ninety
九寨沟
Jiǔ zhài gōu
  1. 1 Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
  2. 2 Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
  1. 1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
九州
Jiǔ zhōu
  1. 1 division of China during earliest dynasties
  2. 2 fig. ancient China
  3. 3 Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
九江
Jiǔ jiāng
  1. 1 Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
  2. 2 also Jiujiang county
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
九龙
Jiǔ lóng
  1. 1 Kowloon district of Hong Kong
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
六十
liù shí
  1. 1 sixty
  2. 2 60
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
十九
shí jiǔ
  1. 1 nineteen
  2. 2 19
十六
shí liù
  1. 1 sixteen
  2. 2 16
十有八九
shí yǒu bā jiǔ
  1. 1 most likely
  2. 2 mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
  3. 3 vast majority
星期六
Xīng qī liù
  1. 1 Saturday

Idioms (19)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
  1. 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. 2 distracted
  3. 3 stunned
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
  1. 1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
六亲无靠
liù qīn wú kào
  1. 1 orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on
  2. 2 left to one's own devices
眼观六路耳听八方
yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng
  1. 1 lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
  2. 2 to be observant and alert (idiom)
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
  3. 3 a task is not done until it's done
身怀六甲
shēn huái liù jiǎ
  1. 1 to be pregnant (idiom)
过五关斩六将
guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
龙生九子
lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
  2. 2 good and bad intermingled
  3. 3 It takes all sorts to make a world.

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