辛亥

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	12th earthly branch; 9–11 p.m.
simp. and trad. (辛亥)		辛	亥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ hoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-hāi / sin-hǎi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinhài
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hai⁴
    • Yale: syīn-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhay
    • Palladius: синьхай (sinʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ hoi⁶
    • Yale: sān hoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ hoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ hoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ hɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinhai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² hai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hǎi
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ hai²²/

Noun

辛亥

1. The forty-eighth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Pig" 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)}

Derived terms

• 辛亥革命 (Xīnhài Gémìng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (辛亥):

• → Japanese: 辛亥(しんがい) (shingai)
• → Korean: 신해(辛亥) (sinhae)
• → Vietnamese: tân hợi (辛亥)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辛	亥
かのと Grade: S	い Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 辛(かのと) (kanoto, “the eighth heavenly stem”) + 亥(い) (i, “the Boar, the twelfth earthly branch”)

Noun

辛(かのと)亥(い) • (kanotoi) 

1. Metal Boar, the forty-eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辛	亥
しん Grade: S	がい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Compound of 辛(しん) (shin, “the eighth heavenly stem”) + 亥(がい) (gai, “the Boar, the twelfth earthly branch”)

Noun

辛(しん)亥(がい) • (shingai) 

1. Metal Boar, the forty-eighth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
辛	亥

Proper noun

辛亥 • (Sinhae) (hangeul 신해)

1. hanja form^? of 신해 (“Metal Pig, the forty-eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)