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Every year, a heavenly stem (one of five elements, which fall into the yin or yang category) is paired with an earthly branch (one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals). ... Coming into 2025, the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 May 2024. Sign of Chinese zodiac Dog "Dog" in regular Chinese characters Chinese 狗 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin gǒu Wade–Giles kou 3 IPA [kòʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gáu Jyutping gau2 IPA [kɐw˧˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ káu Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014 ...
Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy (theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth, and human), and uses the principles of yin and yang, wuxing (five phases), the ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day ...
Zodiac Hare, showing the tù (兔) character for Hare. The rabbit is the fourth in the twelve-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
The same twelve animals are also used to symbolize the cycle of hours in the day, each being associated with a two-hour time period. The hour of the snake is 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., the time when the Sun warms up the Earth, and snakes are said to slither out of their holes.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. Sign of the Chinese zodiac Horse "Horse" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters Traditional Chinese 馬 Simplified Chinese 马 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin mǎ Wade–Giles ma 3 IPA [mà] Hakka Romanization mâ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization ...
Zodiac dragon. The dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng; Jyutping: lung; Cantonese Yale: lùhng) is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
Zodiac pig, showing the zhū (猪) character for pig Chinese paper cutting. The Pig or sometimes translated as the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and paralleling the system of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.