to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
1. nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)2. when all is said and done
1. Double Ninth or Yang Festival2. 9th day of 9th lunar month
(idiom) celestial maiden of the highest heavens; (fig.) woman of extraordinary beauty
(idiom) to reach for the stars
Jiuzhaigou, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan
1. (lit.) one hair from nine oxen (idiom)2. (fig.) a drop in the ocean
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重庆[chóng qìng]
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
1. lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters2. good and bad intermingled3. It takes all sorts to make a world.
1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria2. also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳条沟事变
tremendous strength (idiom)
行百里者半九十 xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí 1. lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)2. fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets3. a task is not done until it's done
(medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV九价HPV疫苗[jiǔ jià yì miáo])
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龙巴士)
1. the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided2. the Nine Provinces of ancient China
1. the coldest period of the year2. three nine day periods after the winter solstice
Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)
Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia
Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 长春市[cháng chūn shì], Jilin
1. nine-tailed turtle of mythology2. The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 张春帆
nine-ball (billiards game)
enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 猪八戒[zhū bā jiè])
1. lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom)2. fig. gambling is a mug's game
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
1. rare talent2. lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
December 9th Movement (1935), student protest movement calling for resistance to Japanese aggression
九寨沟风景名胜区 九寨溝風景名勝區 jiǔ zhài gōu fēng jǐng míng shèng qū Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan