十二支
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Stone carving of Chinese zodiac
Chinese
| twelve; 12 | (a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money | ||
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| simp. and trad. (十二支) |
十二 | 支 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èrzhī
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èrjhih
- Wade–Giles: shih2-êrh4-chih1
- Yale: shŕ-èr-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrelljy
- Palladius: шиэрчжи (šierčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sap6 ji6 zi1
- Yale: sahp yih jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: sap9 ji6 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: seb6 yi6 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐp̚² jiː²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
十二支
- the 12 "earthly branches" 子 (zǐ), 丑 (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 亥 (hài) (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
- a gambling game, commonly referred to as "chap ji kee" in English sources, which used the 12 cards of the 四色牌 (sìsèpái) (four colour cards) deck, each of which has a different character drawn from those used in Chinese chess (象棋 (xiàngqí))
Hyponyms
Earth branches and animals
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 十 | 二 | 支 |
| じゅう Grade: 1 |
に Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
十二支 • (jūnishi) ←じふにし (zifunisi)?
- the twelve earthly branches (支) of the Chinese zodiac, which are represented each by an animal
- Synonym: 地支 (chishi)
Hyponyms
the twelve earthly branches
Related terms
- 十干 (jikkan)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 十 | 二 | 支 |