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jiǔ

HSK 1 · word 182 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

猫有九命。

māo yǒu jiǔ mìng

A cat has nine lives.

The character 九

is nine, the last of the single digits, and it sounds like , lasting, which is why it is a favoured number for dates and gifts. 九月 is September, 十九 nineteen.

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