九流 jiǔ liú ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ gau2 lau4
- the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家 Rú jiā ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ , Daoists 道家 Dào jiā ㄉㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚ , Yin and Yang 阴阳家 陰陽家 Yīn yáng jiā ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ , Legalists 法家 Fǎ jiā ㄈㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚ , Logicians 名家 Míng jiā ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ , Mohists 墨家 Mò jiā ㄇㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ , Diplomats 纵横家 縱橫家 Zòng héng jiā ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ , Miscellaneous 杂家 雜家 Zá jiā ㄗㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄚ , and Agriculturalists 农家 農家 Nóng jiā ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
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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九价HPV疫苗)
- 九十 jiǔ shí ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ gau2 sap6 ninety
- 九卿 jiǔ qīng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥ gau2 hing1 the nine top officials (in imperial China)
- 九原 Jiǔ yuán ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢˊ gau2 jyun4 see 九原区
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- 九台 Jiǔ tái ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄞˊ gau2 toi4 see 九台区
- 九天 jiǔ tiān ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ gau2 tin1 the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
- 九如 Jiǔ rú ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ gau2 jyu4 Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan
- 九孔 jiǔ kǒng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˇ gau2 hung2 abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
- 九州 Jiǔ zhōu ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ gau2 zau1 division of China during earliest dynasties
- 九巴 Jiǔ bā ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚ gau2 baa1 Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龙巴士)
- 九成 jiǔ chéng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ gau2 sing4 nine-tenths
- 九折 jiǔ zhé ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄜˊ gau2 zit3 10% off (price)
- 九月 Jiǔ yuè ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄝˋ gau2 jyut6 September
- 九归 九歸 jiǔ guī ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄟ gau2 gwai1 abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
- 九江 Jiǔ jiāng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄤ gau2 gong1 see 九江市
- 九泉 jiǔ quán ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ gau2 cyun4 the nine springs
- 九渊 九淵 jiǔ yuān ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄩㄢ gau2 jyun1 abyss
- 九窍 九竅 jiǔ qiào ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄠˋ gau2 hiu3 nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
- 九野 jiǔ yě ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄝˇ gau2 je5 the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided
流
- 一流 yī liú ㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ jat1 lau4 top quality
- 上流 shàng liú ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ soeng6 lau4 upper class
- 主流 zhǔ liú ㄓㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ zyu2 lau4 main stream (of a river)
- 交流 jiāo liú ㄐㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄡˊ gaau1 lau4 to exchange
- 客流 kè liú ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ haak3 lau4 passenger flow
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- 河流 hé liú ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ho4 lau4 river
- 流传 流傳 liú chuán ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ lau4 cyun4 to spread; to circulate; to hand down
- 流入 liú rù ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨˋ lau4 jap6 to flow into; inflow
- 流利 liú lì ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧˋ lau4 lei6 fluent
- 流动 流動 liú dòng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ lau4 dung6 to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
- 流向 liú xiàng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ lau4 hoeng3 direction of a current
- 流域 liú yù ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ lau4 wik6 river basin
- 流失 liú shī ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕ lau4 sat1 (of soil etc) to wash away
- 流感 liú gǎn ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄢˇ lau4 gam2 flu; influenza
- 流星 liú xīng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ lau4 sing1 meteor; shooting star
- 流畅 流暢 liú chàng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˋ lau4 coeng3 flowing (of speech, writing)
- 流氓 liú máng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄤˊ lau4 man4 rogue
- 流水 liú shuǐ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ lau4 seoi2 running water
- 流汗 liú hàn ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄢˋ lau4 hon6 to sweat
- 流浪 liú làng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˋ lau4 long6 to drift about
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
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- 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
- 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- 十赌九输 十賭九輸 shí dǔ jiǔ shū ㄕˊ ㄉㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨ sap6 dou2 gau2 syu1 lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom)
- 十拿九稳 十拿九穩 shí ná jiǔ wěn ㄕˊ ㄋㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ sap6 naa4 gau2 wan2 (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ jat1 jin4 gau2 ding2 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī ㄔㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ cyun1 lau4 bat1 sik1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 从谏如流 從諫如流 cóng jiàn rú liú ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ cung4 gaan3 jyu4 lau4 to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
- 从善如流 從善如流 cóng shàn rú liú ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ cung4 sin6 jyu4 lau4 readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
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- 颠沛流离 顛沛流離 diān pèi liú lí ㄉㄧㄢ ㄆㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧˊ din1 pui3 lau4 lei4 homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight
- 对答如流 對答如流 duì dá rú liú ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ deoi3 daap3 jyu4 lau4 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
- 风流倜傥 風流倜儻 fēng liú tì tǎng ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄧˋ ㄊㄤˇ (idiom) suave; debonair; dashing
- 风流云散 風流雲散 fēng liú yún sàn ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄙㄢˋ fung1 lau4 wan4 saan3 lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
- 风流韵事 風流韻事 fēng liú yùn shì ㄈㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄕˋ fung1 lau4 wan6 si6 poetic and passionate (idiom); romance
- 付之东流 付之東流 fù zhī dōng liú ㄈㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄡˊ fu6 zi1 dung1 lau4 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
- 汗流浃背 汗流浹背 hàn liú jiā bèi ㄏㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄟˋ hon6 lau4 zip3 bui3 to sweat profusely (idiom)