gwai3癸
Jyutpinggwai3
Yalegwai
Definition
The tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used in the context of the sexagenary cycle, which is the traditional Chinese calendar system. It appears most frequently in horoscopes, fortune telling, or when referring to specific years in historical or cultural contexts. Outside of these specialized fields, it is rarely encountered in daily conversation.
Examples
This year is the Gui-Mao year, which is the Year of the Rabbit.
Related words
Common phrases
Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
