九 jiǔ — nine

Related words

• 九州 jiǔ zhōu a poetic name for China
• 三九 sān jiǔ the third nine-day period (the coldest days)
• 十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ nine times out of ten; most probably; very likely
• 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng a narrow escape from death; survival after great peril
• 初九 chū jiǔ the ninth day of a lunar month's first period
• 三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú all sorts of people; every walk of life
• 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài beyond the heavens; far away; clean out of mind
• 八九不离十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close; about right; more or less correct
• 牌九 pái jiǔ pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
• 九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs/the underworld of Chinese mythology/Hades
• 九天 jiǔ tiān the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
• 十拿九稳 shí ná jiǔ wěn ninety percent certain; as good as certain
• 九霄 jiǔ xiāo ninth heaven; highest heaven; empyrean
• 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one's word carries enormous weight; a promise that counts for a great deal
• 三六九等 sān liù jiǔ děng all sorts of grades and distinctions
• 数九寒天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān the depth of winter; the coldest days of the 'nine periods'
• 小九九 xiǎo jiǔ jiǔ the multiplication table
• 九鼎 jiǔ dǐng the nine legendary tripods
• 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo a drop in the bucket; a tiny fraction
• 九牛二虎之力 jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì the strength of nine oxen and two tigers; tremendous effort