Year 1997

Year 1949

very few people

describes the situation where no one knows who anyone else is, where everyone is a total stranger to everyone else

six numbers pronounced with the first tone to the sixth tone respectively in Cantonese: 3, 9, 4, 0, 5, 2

Shangxiajiu-A place in Guangzhou

year 1997

999 gold, very fine gold

nine characters or words / forty-five minutes

a loanshark term, meaning when one borrows ten dollars, one only received nine, but have to repay thirteen

ninety-nine

during the 90s (era)

nine thousand

(slang) someone is completely illogical, ludicrous and nonsensical; irrelevant, off topic

Chinese multiplication table

(n.) a big meal; a feast; a banquet that consists of 9 courses.

one type of winning hands in the game of Mahjong

nine grid squares / sudoku

KCR West Rail Line, now just known as "West Rail"

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

in the range of ninety's

99%, most probably or likely

Q9 Input Method

across nine generations within one's family

nine days, ninth [date]

nine bends thirteen curves, which means the way is really curvy

Jiujiang Sesame Ball (a type of Chinese deep fried pastry)

Bombay Duck / Bummalo

North Ninepin Island / Pak Kwo Chau (A place in Hong Kong)