九ㄐㄧㄡˇjiǔ流ㄌㄧㄡˊliú

  1. 先秦至漢初的九大學術流派。包括儒家、道家、陰陽家、法家、名家、墨家、縱橫家 、雜家、農家。

  2. 江河的許多支流。唐·孟浩然〈自潯陽泛舟經明海〉詩：「大江分九流，淼淼成水鄉。 」

英the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)​, viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家[Nong2 jia1]