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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

nine [naɪn]
  1. 1. num
  2. 2. num see also five

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

nine [naɪn] [naɪn]
  1. 1. adjective 九个;九
    Human gestation is a nine month period.
    人类妊娠期为九个月。
  2. 2. noun 九,9,IX
  3. 3. noun 九个人(或物)一组(尤指棒球队)
  4. 4. noun 九的记号

Collins English-English Dictionary

nine [naɪn]
  1. 1. n nine o'clock nine hours after noon or midnight
    the play starts at nine
  2. 2. n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and eight - See also number
  3. 3. n a numeral, 9, IX, etc, representing this number
  4. 4. n something representing, represented by, or consisting of nine units, such as a playing card with nine symbols on it
  5. 5. determiner amounting to nine
    nine days
  6. 6. determiner (as pronoun)
    nine of the ten are ready
  7. 7. determiner [Etymology] Old English nigon; related to Gothic niun, Latin novem

Examples

from nine o'clock at night until nine in the morning
从晚上9点到早上9点
ten of nine
九点差十分
I read nine-tenths of the book so far.
现在我已经快读完这本书了。
He just stuck the pin with a nine iron.
他用九号球棒击球入洞。
It is simply not practical to finish the work in nine days.
九天就完成这份工作是不实际的。

nciku Note

Financial Characters

Financial Characters
大写
dà xiě

Capitalization of Chinese numerals began in the Ming Dynasty to prevent forgeries on official documents. Today they are used in the banking and financial fields. They also appear on today’s RMB.

Zero líng
One
Two èr
Three sān
Four
Five
Six liù
Seven
Eight
Nine jiǔ
Ten shí
Hundred bǎi
Thousand   qiān

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