九卿
九卿 jiǔ qīng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥ gau2 hing1
- the nine top officials (in imperial China)
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九
- 九份 Jiǔ fèn ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄈㄣˋ gau2 fan6 Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
- 九价九價 jiǔ jià ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ gau2 gaa3 (medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗[jiu3 jia4 HPV yi4 miao2])
- 九十 jiǔ shí ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ gau2 sap6 ninety
- 九原 Jiǔ yuán ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˊ gau2 jyun4 see 九原區|九原区[Jiu3 yuan2 Qu1]
- 九台 Jiǔ tái ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄞˊ gau2 toi4 see 九台區|九台区[Jiu3 tai2 Qu1]
- 九天 jiǔ tiān ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ gau2 tin1 the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
卿
- 公卿 gōng qīng ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ gung1 hing1 high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
- 冏卿 jiǒng qīng ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄥ gwing2 hing1 minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding
- 科卿 Kē qīng ㄎㄜ ㄑㄧㄥ fo1 hing1 Cochin (in south India)
- 国务卿國務卿 guó wù qīng ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ gwok3 mou6 hing1 Secretary of State
- 徐祯卿徐禎卿 Xú Zhēn qīng ㄒㄩˊ ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥ ceoi4 zing1 hing1 Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
- 关汉卿關漢卿 Guān Hàn qīng ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄥ gwaan1 hon3 hing1 Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
Idioms with these characters
- 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧ ㄇㄠˊ gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 九死一生 jiǔ sǐ yī shēng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙˇ ㄧ ㄕㄥ gau2 sei2 jat1 sang1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- 九天揽月九天攬月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄢˇ ㄩㄝˋ gau2 tin1 laam5 jyut6 (idiom) to reach for the stars
- 九霄云外九霄雲外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ gau2 siu1 wan4 ngoi6 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 龙生九子龍生九子 lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄗˇ lung4 sang1 gau2 zi2 lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters