九九

Chinese

		nine	nine
simp. and trad. (九九)		九	九

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔjiǔ [Phonetic: jiújiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒujiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoujeou
    • Palladius: цзюцзю (czjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau² gau²
    • Yale: gáu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 久久 赳赳

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwX kjuwX

Rime
Character	九
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉有切
Baxter	kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwX/
Li Rong	/kiuX/
Wang Li	/kĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]uʔ  [k]uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuʔ  kuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	九
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]uʔ/
English	nine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	九
Reading #	1/1
No.	6941
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	久
Old Chinese	/*kuʔ/

Noun

九九

1. multiplication table; nine-nine
2. eighty-one; nine nines
3. (literary) nine nine-day periods (eighty-one days) starting from a solstice (usually the winter solstice)
4. (literary) last of the nine nine-day periods; ninth nine-day period
5. Alternative term for 重陽節／重阳节 (Chóngyángjié, “Double Ninth Festival”).

Derived terms

• 九九乘法表
• 九九歌 (jiǔjiǔgē)
• 九九歸一／九九归一
• 九九歸原／九九归原
• 九九消寒圖／九九消寒图 (jiǔjiǔ xiāo hán tú)
• 九九登高
• 九九表 (jiǔjiǔbiǎo)
• 小九九 (xiǎojiǔjiǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
九	九
く Grade: 1	く Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
九々

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くく [kúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) くく [kùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Noun

九(く)九(く) • (kuku) 

1. multiplication table