The number 9 is pronounced as jiu in Chinese, which means "forever".

数字9在汉语中发音为 jiu，意思是“永久”。

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Did you know we also connect dragons with the number 9? And 9 for us is a very lucky number.

你知道我们还把龙跟数字9联系在一起吗？而9对我们来说是非常吉利的数字。

youdao

I hope nothing important gets obscured in translation, of course, though in 1Q84 even the title itself presents a challenge since in Japanese the number 9 is pronounced "kyuu."

当然，我希望翻译不会丢失原文的任何重要信息。 但翻译《1Q84》这个标题本身就是个挑战，因为数字9在日语中的发音和Q接近。

youdao

She saw me on TV... running. I'm supposed to go onthe number 9 bus to Richmond Street and get off and go one block left to 1947 Henry Street...

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It's just reminiscent of a previous program 9 9 9 or a previous function the number 9, 9, 9 so what does that really mean?

它提醒之前的程序,或者之前的函数，那个数字，那其实表示的是什么呢？

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Seventy-nine. In fact, if you add up each of these numbers, 9 you should get the decimal number 79 79 from this binary number here.

9，事实上，如果你把这些数字累加，你应该能从这些二进制中9,得到十进制数。

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Roddick even fought his way back into the top ten on August 23rd, at number 9.

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Outside In, the memoirs of former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain saw his memoirs sneak in at number 9.

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As a result, by December, the January number has changed 11 times, the February number 10 times, the March number 9 times, etc.

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