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nine / 9
HSK 1
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
90s generation
abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
nine-tenths / ninety percent
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
September / ninth month
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
multiplication table
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
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.)
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Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
one ninth
Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
the lowest professions
basil
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
nineteen / 19
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
tremendous strength (idiom)
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
(medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗)
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
3-by-3 grid
enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
Kowloon Walled City
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
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
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
ninety
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
multiplication tables / (fig.) plan / scheme
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
(idiom) to reach for the stars
pretty close / very near / about right
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan / Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
nonagenarian
Beethoven's Ninth
Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
the nine top officials (in imperial China)
Jiulong county (Tibetan: brgyad zur rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
sudoku (puzzle game)
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.
Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)
(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
nine-ball (billiards game)
Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市, Jilin
nonagon
rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
abyss / deep chasm
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)

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