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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

九 [jiǔ]
  1. 1. numeral [指数字] nine
  2. 2. numeral [表示多数或多次]
    九死一生
    have a narrow escape

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

九 [jiǔ]
  1. 1. numeral nine
    九车间
    No. 9 Workshop
    九连
    the Ninth Company
  2. 2. noun each of the nine nine-day periods beginning from the day after the Winter Solstice
  3. 3. adjective many; numerous
    三弯九转
    many twists and turns
    九曲桥
    a zigzag bridge

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

九 [jiǔ]
  1. 1. 数 数目，八加一的和。
  2. 2. 数 泛指多数
    九死一生
    九牛一毛。
  3. 3. 名 时令名，从冬至起每九天为一个"九"，到九个"九"为止，共八十一天
    一九二九不出手
    数(ｓｈǔ)九寒天
    冬练三九，夏练三伏。
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Examples

三的平方是九。
The square of 3 is 9.
一后面是三，三后面是五，以此类推，九后面应该是几？
Three comes after one, five comes after three, and so on, what's after nine?
三三得九。
Three threes are nine.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
六，七，八，九，十。
Nine is the second power of three.
九是三的二次方。

Character Decomposition

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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 〇 零 líng
One 一 壹 yī
Two 二 贰 èr
Three 三 叁 sān
Four 四 肆 sì
Five 五 伍 wǔ
Six 六 陆 liù
Seven 七 柒 qī
Eight 八 捌 bā
Nine 九 玖 jiǔ
Ten 十 拾 shí
Hundred 百 佰 bǎi
Thousand   千 仟 qiān

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