"9" meaning in Chinese

See 9 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Infix

IPA: /kɐu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐu̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: gau¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gāu [Cantonese, Yale], gau¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], geo¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: 九 (gau², “nine”) and 鳩 /鸠 (gau¹) are near homophones in Cantonese. Etymology templates: {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{head|zh|infix}} 9
  1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, euphemistic, leetspeak) Alternative form of 鳩 /鸠 Tags: Cantonese, Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative, euphemistic, morpheme, slang, vulgar Alternative form of: 鳩 /鸠 Derived forms: 898, jm9, on9, sor9ry
    Sense id: en-9-zh-infix-ltOeFU1f Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese euphemisms, Chinese leet, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese infixes, Chinese number homophones, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Chinese infixes: 40 40 19 Disambiguation of Chinese number homophones: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 32 32 36

Noun

IPA: /kɐu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐu̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: gau¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gāu [Cantonese, Yale], gau¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], geo¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: 九 (gau², “nine”) and 鳩 /鸠 (gau¹) are near homophones in Cantonese. Etymology templates: {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 9
  1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, euphemistic, leetspeak) Alternative form of 鳩 /鸠 Tags: Cantonese, Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative, euphemistic, slang, vulgar Alternative form of: 鳩 /鸠
    Sense id: en-9-zh-noun-ltOeFU1f Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese euphemisms, Chinese leet, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese infixes, Chinese number homophones, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Chinese infixes: 40 40 19 Disambiguation of Chinese number homophones: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 32 32 36
  2. (Cantonese, slang, leetspeak, derogatory or self-deprecatory) Alternative form of 狗 (gau², “unpleasant person”) Tags: Cantonese, Internet, Leet, alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: (extra: gau², “unpleasant person”)
    Sense id: en-9-zh-noun-m2iwaZH3 Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese leet, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese infixes, Chinese number homophones, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Chinese infixes: 40 40 19 Disambiguation of Chinese number homophones: 33 33 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 32 32 36
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