地支 dì zhī — the Earthly Branches (twelve)

地支
dì zhī

Characters: 地 · 支

Definitions

  1. the Earthly Branches (twelve)

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

ExtDict

  1. 1.子﹑丑﹑寅﹑卯﹑辰﹑巳﹑午﹑未﹑申﹑酉﹑戌﹑亥的总称。也叫"岁阴"。传统用做表示次序的符号。参见"干支"。

Examples

  • 古人以十天干配十二地支纪年。

    The ancients paired the ten Heavenly Stems with the twelve Earthly Branches to mark years.

  • 地支与生肖一一对应。

    Each Earthly Branch corresponds to one zodiac animal.