干支 gān zhī — Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
干支
gān zhī
Definitions
- Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
More definitions
CC-CEDICT
- the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
- sexagenary cycle
ExtDict
- 天干和地支的合称。拿十干的‘甲、丙、戊、庚、壬 ’和十二支的‘子、寅、辰、午、申、戌 ’相配,十干的‘乙、丁、己、辛、癸 ’和十二支的‘丑、卯、巳、未、酉、亥’相配,共配成六十组,用来表示年、月、日的次序,周而复始,循环使用。干支最初是用来纪日的,后来多用来纪年,现农历的年份仍用干支。
Examples
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古人用干支来纪年。
The ancients used the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to designate years.
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生辰八字要根据干支来推算。
One's birth chart is calculated from the sexagenary cycle.