丙寅

丙寅

Chinese

		3rd heavenly stem	3rd earthly branch; 3-5 am
simp. and trad. (丙寅)		丙	寅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): piáⁿ-în / péng-în

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngyín
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-yin²
    • Yale: bǐng-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingyn
    • Palladius: бинъинь (binʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² jan⁴
    • Yale: bíng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáⁿ-în
    • Tâi-lô: piánn-în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pviafiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ in²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ in²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-în
    • Tâi-lô: píng-în
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefng'iin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ in²⁴/

Note:

• piáⁿ-în - vernacular;
• péng-în - literary.

Noun

丙寅

1. The third term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Tiger" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle) 干支; 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅, 丁卯, 戊辰, 己巳, 庚午, 辛未, 壬申, 癸酉, 甲戌, 乙亥, 丙子, 丁丑, 戊寅, 己卯, 庚辰, 辛巳, 壬午, 癸未, 甲申, 乙酉, 丙戌, 丁亥, 戊子, 己丑, 庚寅, 辛卯, 壬辰, 癸巳, 甲午, 乙未, 丙申, 丁酉, 戊戌, 己亥, 庚子, 辛丑, 壬寅, 癸卯, 甲辰, 乙巳, 丙午, 丁未, 戊申, 己酉, 庚戌, 辛亥, 壬子, 癸丑, 甲寅, 乙卯, 丙辰, 丁巳, 戊午, 己未, 庚申, 辛酉, 壬戌, 癸亥

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
丙	寅
ひのえ Grade: S	とら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of the celestial stem 丙 (hinoe) and the earthly branch 寅 (tora, “tiger”).

Noun

丙(ひのえ)寅(とら) • (hinoetora) 

1. Fire Tiger, the third in the sexagenary cycle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
丙	寅
へい Grade: S	いん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

The combination of the celestial stem 丙 (hinoe) and the earthly branch 寅 (tora, “tiger”).

Noun

丙(へい)寅(いん) • (heiin) 

1. Fire Tiger, the third in the sexagenary cycle