MANDARIN ↔ DEUTSCH · HANDEDICT
地支
Mandarin · Pinyindì zhī
Bedeutungen
Erdzweig, Erdzweige
S
Schriftzeichen
2 ZeichenLängere Einträge
Töne · Mandarin
4–1 · di4 zhi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dei6 zi1
Cantonese word readings for 地支. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (historical astronomy) The (approximately) twelve years of Jupiter's orbital period, forming the Chinese zodiac and personified as twelve or sixty gods known as Tai Sui.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (astrology) The twelve animals representing the Chinese zodiac, particularly as a birthyear.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (obsolete) The twelve months of the Chinese lunar year.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (historical navigation) The twelve bearings of traditional Chinese navigation, comprising 30° divisions of the compass beginning with due north.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (historical astronomy) The duodecimal divisions of the Chinese seasons, beginning with the second of the three divisions of winter.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (historical chronometry) The duodecimal divisions of the day into "Chinese" or "double hours", beginning with 11 pm.
- An earthly branch: one of the twelve terms used in East Asian cultures to represent — (historical chronometry) The exact time at the middle of a "Chinese" or "double hour", beginning with midnight.
- The twelve earthly branches as a whole.
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