nineteen

Year 1997

1943

Year 1949

seven eight nine

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

thirty-nine

Shangxiajiu-A place in Guangzhou

1997

year 1997

a communication equipment typically used by reporters in the past to intercept the walkie talkie used by police to obtain information [colloquial]

999 gold, very fine gold

ninety-five

Jiufen (place in Taiwan)

nine characters or words / forty-five minutes

the year 1998

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

Ninety

ninety-nine

during the 90s (era)

ninety-something

nine thousand

a place known for where riots or stir ups often occurs [written and colloquial]

ninth rank

(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