Chinese Word Entry

辛亥
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄞˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): xīn hài
Cantonese (Jyutping): san1 hoi6
Definitions:
  1. forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, eg 1971 or 2031

  2. cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911


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Chinese characters used in this word

spicy, bitter, hot, acrid, toilsome, laborious, 8th heavenly stem, Kangxi radical 160
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn)
Cantonese: san1
Japanese: シン (shin) / から.い (karai)、 つら.い (tsurai)、 -づら.い (-durai)、 かのと (kanoto)
Korean: 신 (sin)
Vietnamese: tân

sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac, twelfth earthly branch
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄞˋ (hài), ㄐㄧㄝ (jiē)
Cantonese: hoi6
Japanese: ガイ (gai)、 カイ (kai) / い (i)
Korean: 해 (hae)
Vietnamese: hợi