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九jiǔ
nine
Definitions
Chinese > English | |
九 | jiǔ |
1. nine | |
2. (figurative) many | |
3. (weather) each of the nine nine-day periods from the winter solstice | |
4. (Cantonese, minced oath, euphemism) Synonym of 㞗 (gau1, t=penis) | |
5. Variant of 鳩 | |
鳩 | jiū |
1. pigeon; dove (family Columbidae) | |
2. (literary) to gather; to assemble | |
3. (Cantonese, Pingnan Min, vulgar) penis (sometimes especially erect) | |
含 鳩gau1 - to suck a dick - | |
4. (Cantonese, vulgar) fucking (intensifier) | |
乜 鳩gau1 事 呀 你? - What the fuck is wrong with you? | |
5. (Cantonese, vulgar) (Negates the meaning of the sentence.) | |
sorry\sor1 鳩gau1 sorry\rlyi4 呀! - so fucking sorry! (sarcastic) | |
6. (Cantonese, vulgar) stupid; dumb | |
呢ni1 套 戲 真係 好 鳩。 - This movie is so fucking dumb. | |
7. (Cantonese, vulgar) recklessly | |
鳩噏 - to talk shit - | |
8. (Cantonese, vulgar) unseriously | |
鳩 做 份 功課 - to do a piece of homework unseriously - | |
9. (Cantonese, vulgar) without aim or plan | |
鳩 行 咗 成seng4日 - to walk around aimlessly for the entire day - | |
10. (Cantonese, vulgar) thoughtlessly | |
鳩 撳 粒 掣zai3 - to press a button repeatedly and thoughtlessly - | |
11. (Cantonese, vulgar) unreasonably; lacking in reason | |
一味mei6-2 鳩 反faan2 - to indiscriminately oppose without reason - | |
Chinese > Chinese | |
九 | |
1. 数字:9 | |
English > Chinese | |
nine | |
1. 九 |
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