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九

jiǔ

nine

nine
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Character

九 jiǔ

Strokes
2
Radical
乙 — second
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 现在九点了。 Xiànzài jiǔ diǎn le. It's nine o'clock now.
  • 我家有九口人。 Wǒ jiā yǒu jiǔ kǒu rén. There are nine people in my family.
  • 他有九个朋友。 Tā yǒu jiǔ ge péngyou. He has nine friends.
  • 我们班有九个学生。 Wǒmen bān yǒu jiǔ ge xuésheng. There are nine students in our class.
  • 九月天气不冷。 Jiǔ yuè tiānqì bù lěng. The weather isn't cold in September.
  • 你有九本书吗? Nǐ yǒu jiǔ běn shū ma? Do you have nine books?
  • 九点我们上课。 Jiǔ diǎn wǒmen shàngkè. We have class at nine.
  • 他买了九个包子。 Tā mǎi le jiǔ ge bāozi. He bought nine baozi.
  • 第九个是谁? Dì jiǔ ge shì shéi? Who is the ninth one?
  • 九个学生都来了。 Jiǔ ge xuésheng dōu lái le. All nine students came.

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