辛巳

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	6th earthly branch; 9–11 a.m.
simp. and trad. (辛巳)		辛	巳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnsì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sū / sin-sǐr / sin-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: syīn-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsyh
    • Palladius: синьсы (sinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: sān jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-jī
    • Tâi-lô: sin-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²/

Noun

辛巳

1. The eighteenth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Snake" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese sexagenary cycle terms)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
辛	巳

Proper noun

辛巳 • (Sinsa) (hangeul 신사)

1. Hanja form^? of 신사 (“Metal Snake, the eighteenth in the sexagenary cycle”).