- the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- the ten Heavenly Stems
This term refers to a system of ten symbols used in Chinese culture, primarily for calendrical purposes, which represent a sequence that is used repeatedly.
The ten Heavenly Stems are used in the traditional calendar to mark years.
Every ten years, these ten Heavenly Stems will repeat.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shí tiān gān十天干pái xù排序the order of the ten Heavenly Stemsshí tiān gān十天干yú与shí èr dì zhī十二地支the ten Heavenly Stems and the twelve Earthly Branchesbā zì八字yú与shí tiān gān十天干the Eight Characters and the ten Heavenly Stemsshí tiān gān十天干de的yìng yòng应用the application of the ten Heavenly Stemsshí十tiān天gān干biǎo表table of the ten Heavenly Stemsjì zhu记住shí tiān gān十天干to memorize the ten Heavenly Stemsshí tiān gān十天干de的yì yì意义the significance of the ten Heavenly Stemsyùn yòng运用shí tiān gān十天干to use the ten Heavenly Stemsshí tiān gān十天干xún huán循环the cyclic nature of the ten Heavenly Stemsjiào yù教育zhòng dì中的shí tiān gān十天干the ten Heavenly Stems in educationshí tiān gān十天干mìng lǐ命理the ten Heavenly Stems in destiny analysisshí tiān gān十天干hé和wǔ xíng五行the ten Heavenly Stems and the five elements