十二生肖

Chinese

		twelve; 12	Chinese zodiac sign
trad. (十二生肖)		十二	生肖
simp. #(十二生肖)		十二	生肖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí'èr shēngxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ ji⁶ sang¹ ciu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí'èr shēngxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh-èr shengsiào
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-êrh⁴ shêng¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-èr shēng-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrell shengshiaw
    • Palladius: шиэр шэнсяо (šier šɛnsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ ji⁶ sang¹ ciu³
    • Yale: sahp yih sāng chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ ji⁶ sang¹ tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ yi⁶ seng¹ qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² jiː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³³/

Noun

十二生肖

1. the twelve Chinese zodiac signs

Synonyms

• 十二肖
• 十二屬／十二属
• (Hokkien) 十二生相