ㄕㄨˇshǔㄐㄧㄡˇjiǔㄊㄧㄢtiān

  1. 冬至以後時期表示嚴寒天氣··第一》:人家乞討數九天過遣大街高聲。」

nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year