九

meaning for 九 jiǔ:

• - nine
• - 9division of China during earliest dynasties
• - fig. ancient China
• - Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islandsmost likely
• - mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
• - vast majoritynine deaths and still alive (idiom)
• - a narrow escape
• - new lease of lifethe Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
• - fig. people from all trades (often derog.)beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
• - unimaginably far away