乙丑

乙丑

Chinese

		2nd heavenly stem	2nd earthly branch; 1-3 am; clown 2nd earthly branch; 1-3 am; clown; surname
simp. and trad. (乙丑)		乙	丑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐchǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut³ cau²
• Min Nan (POJ): it-thiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐchǒu [Phonetic: yíchǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄔㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyichoou
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut³ cau²
    • Yale: yut cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁸ tsau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud³ ceo²
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚³ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-thiú
    • Tâi-lô: it-thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ittiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiu⁴¹/

Noun

乙丑

1. The second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Ox" 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
乙	丑
きのと Grade: S	うし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Compound of the celestial stem 乙 (kinoto) and the earthly branch 丑 (ushi, “ox”).

Noun

乙丑 (hiragana きのとうし, rōmaji kinotoushi)

1. Wood Ox, the second element of the sexagenary cycle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
乙	丑
いつ > いっ Grade: S	ちゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

The combination of the celestial stem 乙 (kinoto) and the earthly branch 丑 (ushi, “ox”).

Noun

乙丑 (hiragana いっちゅう, rōmaji itchū)

1. Wood Ox, the second element of the sexagenary cycle