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九
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
九份
Jiǔfèn
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
九十
jiǔshí
ninety
九卿
jiǔqīng
the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
九台
Jiǔtái
Jiutai county level city in Changchun [[長春|长春]], Jilin
九天
jiǔtiān
the Ninth Heaven
九如
Jiǔrú
Chiuju township in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], Taiwan
九孔
jiǔkǒng
abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
九州
Jiǔzhōu
division of China during earliest dynasties
九巴
jiǔbā
Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB
九成
jiǔchéng
nine-tenths
九折
jiǔzhé
10% off (price)
九月
Jiǔyuè
September
九归
jiǔguī
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
九江
Jiǔjiāng
Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi
九泉
jiǔquán
the nine springs
九流
jiǔliú
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians [[儒家<Rújiā>]], Daoists [[道家<Dàojiā>]], Yin and Yang [[陰陽家|阴阳家<Yīnyángjiā>]], Legalists [[法家<Fǎjiā>]], Logicians [[名家<Míngjiā>]], Mohists [[墨家<Mòjiā>]], Diplomats [[縱橫家|纵横家<Zònghéngjiā>]], Miscellaneous [[雜家|杂家<Zájiā>]], and Agriculturalists [[農家|农家<Nóngjiā>]]
九渊
jiǔyuān
abyss
九窍
jiǔqiào
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
九里
Jiǔlǐ
Liuli district of Xuzhou city [[徐州市<Xúzhōushì>]], Jiangsu
九鼎
jiǔdǐng
The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)
Example Sentences (2)
已经九点多了,他怎么还在学习?
Yǐjīng jiǔ diǎn duō le, tā zěnme hái zài xuéxí?
It's already past nine; why is he still studying?
Text 1
这两个人的能力都比较符合我们的要求。你通知他们下周一上午九点来我办公室吧。
Zhè liǎng gè rén de nénglì dōu bǐjiào fúhé wǒmen de yāoqiú. Nǐ tōngzhī tāmen xià zhōu yī shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn lái wǒ bàngōngshì ba.
Both of their abilities meet our requirements fairly well. Please notify them to come to my office at 9 a.m. next Monday.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 444
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,717 of 84,292