九 (gau2) — nine in Cantonese
gauˊ²九Mandarin Pinyin: jiu3
Meaning of 九
nounnine
noununit for distance
Example Sentences with 九
你講嗰啲嘢全部都九唔踏八。
Nothing you said made any sense.
九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.
neiˏ₅你sanˉ¹身gouˉ¹高ziˊ²只jauˏ₅有ngˏ₅五cek˗₃呎gau2,九﹐soengˊ²想japˍ₆入laamˎ₄籃kauˎ₄球deoiˊ²隊man˗₃𠍁seoiˊ²水diˉ¹啲bo3.噃。
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋heoi˗₃去gwo˗₃過gauˊ²九lungˎ₄龍
We've been to Kowloon.
有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.
Words Containing 九
九族gau2 zuk6
Nine generations of direct kin. Besides oneself, it includes father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great great-grandfather, son, grandson, great-grandson and great great-grandson (it is said that it includes relatives of different kin, which are four generations of father, three generations of mother. Two generations of wife, which constitute nine generations).
九千萬gau2 cin1 maan6
ninety million; 90,000,000
九十四gau2 sap6 sei3
ninety-four; 94
十冤九仇sap6 jyun1 gau2 sau4
deep-rooted hatred [Syn][國]深仇大恨
九死一生gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1
9 deaths, 1 life.
九唔搭八gau2 m4 daap3 baat3
completely nonsensical; give an irrelevant answer
十次有九次sap6 ci3 jau5 gau2 ci3
"nine times out of ten"
九牛二虎之力gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6
tremendous effort
十之八九sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2
mostly (literally means eight or nine tenths)
九龍城gau2 lung4 sing4
Kowloon City
九龍醫院gau2 lung4 ji1 jyun2
Kowloon Hospital
九五二七gau2 ng5 ji6 cat1
9527, [粵]: a person of low status
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