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Trad. 數九
- nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
- Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
Trad. 九價
- (medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗[jiu3 jia4 HPV yi4 miao2])
- division of China during earliest dynasties
- fig. ancient China
- Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
- 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]
Trad. 九竅
- nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
- the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided
- the Nine Provinces of ancient China
- the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
- the coldest period of the year
- three nine day periods after the winter solstice
Trad. 數九天
- nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Trad. 誅九族
- to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
Trad. 馬英九
- Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
- stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
Trad. 九原區
- Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 九台區
- Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin
Trad. 九如鄉
- Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Trad. 九官鳥
- (Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
Trad. 九宮山
- Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei
Trad. 九寨溝
- Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
- Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
Trad. 九尾龜
- nine-tailed turtle of mythology
- The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
- the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
- Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
Trad. 九華山
- Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Trad. 九連環
- Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
Trad. 九面體
- enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
Trad. 九頭鳥
- legendary bird with nine heads (old)
- cunning or sly person
Trad. 九龍縣
- 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)
- most likely
- mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
- vast majority
Trad. 數九寒天
- nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
- 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.)
- lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
- in dire straits
- rare talent
- lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
Trad. 十成九穩
- see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3]
Trad. 十拿九穩
- (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag
- (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
- most likely
- mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
- vast majority
Trad. 十賭九輸
- lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom)
- fig. gambling is a mug's game
- one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
Trad. 九三學社
- Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
Trad. 九九歸一
- nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)
- when all is said and done
Trad. 九九重陽
- Double Ninth or Yang Festival
- 9th day of 9th lunar month
Trad. 九二共識
- 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
Trad. 京九鐵路
- JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Trad. 九校聯盟
- C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
- nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- new lease of life
- lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- fig. a drop in the ocean
Trad. 九章算術
- The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
Trad. 九聲六調
- nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
Trad. 九霄雲外
- beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- unimaginably far away
Trad. 九齒釘耙
- The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])
Trad. 九龍坡區
- Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
Trad. 三貞九烈
- (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
- to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
Trad. 龍生九子
- lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
- good and bad intermingled
- It takes all sorts to make a world.
Trad. 九一八事變
- 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
Trad. 一二九運動
- December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
Trad. 九宮格數獨
- sudoku (puzzle game)
Trad. 八九不離十
- pretty close
- very near
- about right
- tremendous strength (idiom)
- 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
Trad. 九寨溝風景名勝區
- Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan