己未

Chinese

		6th heavenly stem; self	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.
simp. and trad. (己未)		己	未

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² mei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-wei⁴
    • Yale: jǐ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiwey
    • Palladius: цзивэй (czivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² mei⁶
    • Yale: géi meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-bī
    • Tâi-lô: kí-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky'bi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

Noun

己未

1. The fifty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

Chinese sexagenary cycle terms: 干支 (gānzhī)edit

• 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)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
己	未
つちのと Grade: 6	ひつじ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 己(つちのと) (tsuchinoto, “the sixth heavenly stem”) + 未(ひつじ) (hitsuji, “the Sheep, the eighth earthly branch”)

Noun

己(つちのと)未(ひつじ) • (tsuchinotohitsuji) 

1. Earth Sheep, the fifty-sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
己	未
き Grade: 6	び Grade: 4
on'yomi

Compound of 己(き) (ki, “the sixth heavenly stem”) + 未(び) (bi, “the Sheep, the eighth earthly branch”)

Noun

己(き)未(び) • (kibi) 

1. Earth Sheep, the fifty-sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
己	未

Proper noun

己未 • (gimi) (hangeul 기미)

1. hanja form^? of 기미 (“Earth Goat, the fifty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)