天干 tiān gān — the ten Heavenly Stems

天干
tiān gān

Characters: 天 · 干

Definitions

  1. the ten Heavenly Stems

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

ExtDict

  1. 也称十干”。指甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸，传统常用作表示次序天干与地支相配是古代纪年的方法。

Examples

  • 天干地支相配，组成了中国的干支纪年法。

    The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches combine to form China's sexagenary calendar.

  • 老辈人常以天干地支，来推算吉日。

    Older people often use the stems and branches to calculate auspicious days.

  • 天干有十位，依次是甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸。

    There are ten Heavenly Stems: jia, yi, bing, ding, wu, ji, geng, xin, ren, gui.