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1 nine

2 9

1 most likely

2 mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)

3 vast majority

1 most likely

2 mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)

3 vast majority

1 World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)

1 Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack)

1 Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

1 eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)

1 the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria

2 also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn]

1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework

2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

1 lucky

2 giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

1 Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶戶|耶户[Yē hù]

1 Jehu (842-815 BC), Israelite king, prominent character in 2 Kings 9:10

1 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

1 nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)

2 Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒[nài miǎo]

1 Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han

1 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

1 Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)

1 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

1 (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Cháng Jiāng], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huáng Hé], Huai 淮河[Huái Hé], Ji 濟水|济水[Jǐ Shuǐ])

2 (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9

1 nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw)

2 PRC equivalent: 納秒|纳秒[nà miǎo]