词汇 | 天干 |
释义 | 天干 tiānɡān noun Heavenly Stems 天干地支Two cycles, known in shortened form as 干支, that form a system that was traditionally used to mark the passing of time. 干支 were already widely used as early as the Western Han period. The ten Heavenly Stems combine with the twelve Earthly Branches in a fixed order to form a 60-year cycle known as 六十甲子. The Heavenly Stems are, in order: 甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸. The Earthly Branches are, in order: 子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥. The first year of the 60-year cycle is 甲子,the second 乙丑, and so on. Each Earthly Branch is associated with one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac (→ 十二生肖). The year 2009, for example, is the 己丑 Ox year, and so is 2069, 60 years later. The 干支 system was also used to denote months and times of the day. |
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