Example sentences
xiàn现zài在jiǔ九diǎn点le了。
It's nine o'clock now.
jiǔ九yuè月kāi开xué学。
School starts in September.
The story behind the character
九
The earliest 九 is a bent elbow. It meant to bend, to bow. Later it was borrowed for the number nine. So 九 was once a crooked elbow.