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九十四jiǔ shí sì
ninety-four
Definitions
| Components | ||
| 九十 | ||
| 1. ninety | ||
| 十四 | ||
| 1. fourteen | ||
| 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 - | ||
| 十 | shí | |
| 1. ten | ||
| 2. (figurative) topmost; utmost | ||
| 十分 - very | ||
| 十全十美 - perfect | ||
| 四 | sì | |
| 1. four | ||
| 2. (literary) four directions; all directions (attn, zh, request for another quote, to be sure that i'm not wrong) | ||
| Synonyms: 四方 | ||
| 3. (music) la (musical note) | ||
| 4. (printing) English; The size of type between 小四 (little 4) and 小三 (little 3), standardized as 14 point. | ||
| 5. usage. As superstition, 四 is avoided because it is similar to 死 in sound. | ||
| 6. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | ||
| Synonyms: 士 | ||
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Pronunciation
jiǔ shí sì
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