壬寅

Chinese

		9th heavenly stem	3rd earthly branch; 3–5 a.m.
trad. (壬寅)		壬	寅
simp. ^#(壬寅)		壬	寅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rényín

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-în / jîm-în

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rényín
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rényín
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-yin²
  - Yale: rén-yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renyn
  - Palladius: жэньинь (žɛnʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: yàhm yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-în
  - Tâi-lô: lîm-în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lim'iin
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² in²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîm-în
  - Tâi-lô: jîm-în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jim'iin
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim²³⁻³³ in²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim¹³⁻²² in¹³/

Noun

壬寅

The thirty-ninth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Water Tiger" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

Chinese sexagenary cycle terms: 干支 (gānzhī)edit

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
壬	寅
みずのえ Jinmeiyō	とら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 壬(みずのえ) (mizunoe, “the ninth heavenly stem”) + 寅(とら) (tora, “the Tiger, the third earthly branch”)

Noun

壬寅(みずのてとら) • (mizunotetora)

Water Tiger, the thirty-ninth term of the sexagenary cycle
Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壬	寅
じん Jinmeiyō	いん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Compound of 壬(じん) (jin, “the ninth heavenly stem”) + 寅(いん) (in, “the Tiger, the third earthly branch”)

Noun

壬(じん)寅(いん) • (jin'in)

Water Tiger, the thirty-ninth term of the sexagenary cycle
Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
壬	寅

Proper noun

壬寅 • (Imin) (hangeul 임인)

hanja form^? of 임인 (“Water Tiger, the thirty-ninth in the sexagenary cycle”)