September; ninth month (of the lunar year)

nineteen; 19

ninety

Kowloon district of Hong Kong

nine-tenths; ninety percent

the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens

division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands

most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority

the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]

(medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗[jiu3 jia4 HPV yi4 miao2])

Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies

the nine top officials (in imperial China)

see 九原區|九原区[Jiu3 yuan2 Qu1]

see 九台區|九台区[Jiu3 tai2 Qu1]

abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)

Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)

abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

10% off (price)

see 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4]

the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades

abyss; deep chasm

nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)

the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided; the Nine Provinces of ancient China

the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty

the coldest period of the year; three nine day periods after the winter solstice

Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)

nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year

pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)

Beethoven's Ninth

the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)

the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year

the lowest professions

Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains

Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin

nine-ball (billiards game)

legendary bird with nine heads (old); cunning or sly person

see 九孔[jiu3 kong3]

(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)

Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[Xian2 ning2], Hubei

3-by-3 grid

Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan

nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)

nine-tailed turtle of mythology; The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆

basil

Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong

September

Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]

nonagon