jiǔ yuè
September
ninth month (of the lunar year)
Jiǔ zhōu
division of China during earliest dynasties
fig. ancient China
Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Jiǔ zhài gōu
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, President of Republic of China 2008-2016
jiǔ dǐng
The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)
Jiǔ lǐ
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
Jiǔ lóng
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
Jiǔ jiāng
Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi
also Jiujiang county
Jiǔ huá shān
Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
Jiǔ lóng pō
Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
Jiǔ lóng pō qū
Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
jiǔ chéng
nine-tenths
ninety percent
Jiǔ jiāng shì
Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi
Jiǔ rú
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
Jiǔ tái
Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
new lease of life
shǔ jiǔ
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng
Double Ninth or Yang Festival
9th day of 9th lunar month
jiǔ yī bā shì biàn
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
yī jiǔ sì jiǔ
1949
year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
jiǔ quán
the nine springs
the underworld of Chinese mythology
Hades
jiǔ bā
Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
tremendous strength (idiom)
Jīng Jiǔ Tiě lù
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
jiǔ tóu niǎo
legendary bird with nine heads (old)
cunning or sly person
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
sān jiào jiǔ liú
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.)
jiǔ liú
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]
jiǔ niú yī máo
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
fig. a drop in the ocean
yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián
1949
year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
bā jiǔ bù lí shí
pretty close
very near
about right
Jiǔ jiāng xiàn
Jiujiang county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
shí ná jiǔ wěn
to be a cinch
in the bag
(of a person) confident of success
Jiǔ tái shì
Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin
chóng jiǔ
the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)
shǔ jiǔ hán tiān
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Jiǔ zhài gōu xiàn
Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
Guǎng Jiǔ
Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)
Jiǔ yuán qū
Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia
Jiǔ lǐ qū
Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu
Jiǔ gōng shān
Jiugongshan nature reserve in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture 咸宁, Hubei
jiǔ qīng
the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
Jiǔ rú xiāng
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
sān jiǔ tiān
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
Jiǔ yí shān
Jiuyi mountain range in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì
Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维)
lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
good and bad intermingled
It takes all sorts to make a world.
chòu lǎo jiǔ
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
Jiǔ lóng xiàn
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)
Jiǔ zhāng Suàn shù
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
sān guì jiǔ kòu
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
Jiǔ zhài gōu Fēng jǐng míng shèng qū
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
Jiǔ jiāng dì qū
Jiujiang prefecture in Jiangxi
jiǔ hào qiú
nine-ball (billiards game)
jiāo jiǔ
the coldest period of the year
three nine day periods after the winter solstice
zhōng gòng jiǔ dà
Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969
Guǎng Jiǔ tiě lù
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
jiǔ wěi guī
nine-tailed turtle of mythology
The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
shǔ jiǔ tiān
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
jiǔ chǐ dīng pá
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])
jiǔ guān niǎo
hill myna
Indian grackle
Gracula religiosa
jiǔ chóng xiāo
ninth heaven
Highest Heaven
sān xún jiǔ shí
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
in dire straits
Jiǔ gōng shān zhèn
Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture 咸宁, Hubei
jiǔ miàn tǐ
enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
jiǔ shēng liù diào
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
shí chéng jiǔ wěn
see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3]
Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi
rare talent
lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
jiǔ guī
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
jiǔ qiào
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
unimaginably far away
jiǔ xiāng chóng
brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)
Jiǔ Dǐng
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
shí zhī bā jiǔ
most likely
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
vast majority
shí yǒu bā jiǔ
most likely
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
vast majority
xiǎo jiǔ jiǔ
multiplication tables
(fig.) plan
scheme
pái jiǔ
pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
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
zhū jiǔ zú
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
Jiǔ yuè
September
ninth month (of the lunar year)
sān zhēn jiǔ liè
(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn
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
Jiǔ sān Xué shè
Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CPC
jiǔ jiǔ guī yī
nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)
when all is said and done
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
jiǔ tiān
the Ninth Heaven
the highest of the heavens
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
to reach for the stars (idiom)
Jiǔ tiān Xuán nǚ
Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
jiǔ kǒng
abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
jiǔ wěi hú
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)