甲寅

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	3rd earthly branch; 3–5 a.m.
simp. and trad. (甲寅)		甲	寅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎyín

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ jan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah-în

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎyín
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎyín
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-yin²
  - Yale: jyǎ-yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeayn
  - Palladius: цзяинь (czjainʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³ jan⁴
  - Yale: gaap yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ jɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-în
  - Tâi-lô: kah-în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kah'iin
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ in²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)⁵ in²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ in¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ in²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ in²³/

Noun

甲寅

The fifty-first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood 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
甲	寅
きのえ Grade: S	とら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 甲(きのえ) (kinoe, “the first heavenly stem”) + 寅(とら) (tora, “the Tiger, the third earthly branch”)

Noun

甲(きのえ)寅(とら) • (kinoetora)

Wood Tiger, the fifty-first term of the sexagenary cycle
Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甲	寅
こう Grade: S	いん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Compound of 甲(こう) (kō, “the first heavenly stem”) + 寅(いん) (in, “the Tiger, the third earthly branch”)

Noun

甲(こう)寅(いん) • (kōin)

Wood Tiger, the fifty-first term of the sexagenary cycle
Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
甲	寅

Proper noun

甲寅 • (Gabin) (hangeul 갑인)

hanja form^? of 갑인 (“Wood Tiger, the fifty-first in the sexagenary cycle”)