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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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