九
jiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

九
 - 
jiǔ
  1. nine
  2. 9

Character Decomposition

Compounds (20)

究
jiū
  1. 1 after all
  2. 2 to investigate
  3. 3 to study carefully
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [jiù]
杂
zá
  1. 1 variant: 杂 zá
杂
zá
  1. 1 mixed
  2. 2 miscellaneous
  3. 3 various
  4. 4 to mix
仇
Qiú
  1. 1 surname Qiu
仇
chóu
  1. 1 hatred
  2. 2 animosity
  3. 3 enmity
  4. 4 foe
  5. 5 enemy
  6. 6 to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)

Related Words (20)

九
jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
马英九
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
  1. 1 Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九十
jiǔ shí
  1. 1 ninety
九寨沟
Jiǔ zhài gōu
  1. 1 Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
  2. 2 Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan

Idioms (9)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
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
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

Sample Sentences

老板，已经九点了。我们还加班呀？
lǎobǎn ，yǐjīng jiǔ diǎn le 。wǒmen hái jiābān ya ？
Boss, it’s already nine o’clock at night. Do we still have to work overtime?
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不管你几岁，你可能六十岁，九十岁，你都在学习新的东西。
bùguǎn nǐ jǐsuì ，nǐ kěnéng liùshí suì ，jiǔshí suì ，nǐ dōu zài xuéxí Xīn de dōngxi 。
No matter how old you are, you can be sixty or ninety years old, but you'll still be learning something new.
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我二十二岁。一九九七年出生。一九九七年七月二十号。
wǒ èr shí èr suì 。yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián chūshēng 。yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián Qīyuè èrshí hào 。
I am 22 years old. (I was) born in 1997. July 20th, 1997.
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九
jiǔ
nine
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一九九六年
yījiǔjiǔliù nián
year 1996
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一九四三年
yījiǔsìsān nián
year 1943
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九月
jiǔ yuè
September
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七八九十
qī bā jiǔ shí
seven eight nine ten
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这些钱只是九牛一毛。
zhèxiē qián zhǐshì jiǔniúyīmáo 。
This amount of money is nothing.
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九牛一毛
jiǔniúyīmáo
Lit: Nine buffaloes and one hair. Fig: Few or little.
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