九出十三歸

gau2 ceot1 sap6 saam1 gwai1

a loanshark term, meaning when one borrows ten dollars, one only received nine,

九龍醫院

gau2 lung4 ji1 jyun2

Kowloon Hospital

九龍清真寺

gau2 lung4 cing1 zan1 zi6*2

Kowloon Mosque

京九鐵路

ging1 gau2 tit3 lou6

Beijing-Kowloon Railway

九十五

gau2 sap6 ng5

ninety-five; 95

九龍巴士

gau2 lung4 baa1 si6*2

Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB)

去九龍塘

heoi3 gau2 lung4 tong4

literally: to Kowloon Tong; to go to an hourly hotel | motel for sex [colloquial

三九唔識七

saam1 gau2 m4 sik1 cat1

describes the situation where no one knows who anyone else is, where everyone is

九不答八

gau2 bat1 daap3 baat3

give answers not related to the question

八九不離十

baat3 gau2 bat1 lei4 sap6

pretty close; very near; about right

廣九

gwong2 gau2

Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)

三九兩丁七

saam1 gau2 loeng4 ding1 cat1

describes a small population of people

九棍

gau2 gwan3

lizard fish

九龍公園

gau2 lung4 gung1 jyun4*2

Kowloon Park

九成九

gau2 sing4 gau2

99%, most probably or likely

九支孖碌

gau1 zi1 maa1 luk1; gau2 zi1 maa1 luk1

troublesome | a rude way to describe someone who is annoying | stupid [colloquia

清么九

cing1 jiu1 gau2

(mahjong) all terminals/ones and nines hand, a hand consisting of triplets of 1s

濕九

sap1 gau2

low class; vulgar [colloquial]

九肚魚

gau2 tou5 jyu4*2

bombay duck (fish); tenagamizutengu; luli-luli

打九九九

daa2 gau2 gau2 gau2

to dial "999" (emergency)