| 1 | 九 | 九 | jiǔ | jiu3 | nine; 9 | | |
| 2 | 十九 | 十九 | shí jiǔ | shi2 jiu3 | nineteen; 19 | | |
| 3 | 九月 | 九月 | jiǔ yuè | Jiu3 yue4 | September; ninth month (of the lunar year) | | |
| 4 | 九十 | 九十 | jiǔ shí | jiu3 shi2 | ninety | | |
| 5 | 二十九 | 二十九 | èr shí jiǔ | er4 shi2 jiu3 | twenty nine; 29 | | |
| 6 | 一九四九 | 一九四九 | yī jiǔ sì jiǔ | yi1 jiu3 si4 jiu3 | 1949; year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan | | |
| 7 | 九连环 | 九連環 | jiǔ lián huán | jiu3 lian2 huan2 | Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle | | |
| 8 | 九台区 | 九台區 | jiǔ tái qū | Jiu3 tai2 Qu1 | Jiutai District of Changchun city 长春市 , Jilin | | |
| 9 | 十赌九输 | 十賭九輸 | shí dǔ jiǔ shū | shi2 du3 jiu3 shu1 | lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom); fig. gambling is a mug's game | | |
| 10 | 九成 | 九成 | jiǔ chéng | jiu3 cheng2 | nine-tenths; ninety percent | | |
| 11 | 九层塔 | 九層塔 | jiǔ céng tǎ | jiu3 ceng2 ta3 | basil | | |
| 12 | 九边形 | 九邊形 | jiǔ biān xíng | jiu3 bian1 xing2 | nonagon | | |
| 13 | 九巴 | 九巴 | jiǔ bā | Jiu3 ba1 | Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龙巴士 ) | | |
| 14 | 九重霄 | 九重霄 | jiǔ chóng xiāo | jiu3 chong2 xiao1 | ninth heaven; Highest Heaven | | |
| 15 | 九鼎 | 九鼎 | jiǔ dǐng | jiu3 ding3 | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty | | |
| 16 | 九二共识 | 九二共識 | jiǔ èr gòng shí | Jiu3 Er4 Gong4 shi2 | 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China | | |
| 17 | 含笑九泉 | 含笑九泉 | hán xiào jiǔ quán | han2 xiao4 jiu3 quan2 | to die with satisfaction (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 广九铁路 | 廣九鐵路 | guǎng jiǔ tiě lù | Guang3 Jiu3 tie3 lu4 | Guangdong and Kowloon railway | | |
| 19 | 广九 | 廣九 | guǎng jiǔ | Guang3 Jiu3 | Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway) | | |
| 20 | 饭后百步走,活到九十九 | 飯後百步走,活到九十九 | fàn hòu bǎi bù zǒu , huó dào jiǔ shí jiǔ | fan4 hou4 bai3 bu4 zou3 , huo2 dao4 jiu3 shi2 jiu3 | walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb) | | |
| 21 | 诛九族 | 誅九族 | zhū jiǔ zú | zhu1 jiu3 zu2 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | | |
| 22 | 第九十 | 第九十 | dì jiǔ shí | di4 jiu3 shi2 | ninetieth | | |
| 23 | 臭老九 | 臭老九 | chòu lǎo jiǔ | chou4 lao3 jiu3 | stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) | | |
| 24 | 重九登高 | 重九登高 | chóng jiǔ dēng gāo | Chong2 jiu3 deng1 gao1 | to ascend a height on the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 贝九 | 貝九 | bèi jiǔ | Bei4 jiu3 | Beethoven's Ninth | | |