sap6 ji6 saang1 ciu3十二生肖
Jyutpingsap6 ji6 saang1 ciu3
Yalesahp yih sāang chiu
Definition
The Chinese zodiac; the twelve animals representing the years in a twelve-year cycle.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the cycle of twelve animals used to track years, rather than the concept of a horoscope or personality reading. When asking someone about their zodiac sign, it is far more common to ask 佢屬咩 instead of using the full term.
Examples
Do you know which Chinese zodiac animal you belong to?
This year is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
Related words
Common phrases
the twelve zodiac signs
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
