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

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

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

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)

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)

Wood Ox, the second element of the sexagenary cycle

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