Lesson
15: Chinese Zodiac 十二生肖
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May 9, 2005
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The Chinese zodiac is
based upon a 12-year cycle in which each year is associated with an animal.
The set of animals is called 十二生肖.
- Asking someone's sign: 你是屬什麼的?
or 你屬什麼?
- Responding: 我是屬馬的。
or 我屬馬。
- Download character worksheets
for the animals here.
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rat 老鼠
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cow, ox 牛
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tiger 老虎
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rabbit 兔子
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dragon 龍
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snake 蛇
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horse 馬
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sheep, goat 羊
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monkey 猴子
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rooster 雞
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dog 狗
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pig, boar 豬
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Links:
- China
Today description of the personality for each sign
- Chinese
Culture Center background on the zodiac
- Scotland
On Line Chinese zodiac page showing the years, clickable for the
personality profile of each sign
- China
the Beautiful more detailed information on Chinese calendar and new
year. Scroll down to clink on a downloadable monthly calendar in Chinese.
- Web
Exhibits page on the Chinese calendar has more technical information,
explains how the zodiac links to the Ten Heavenly Stems and Tweleve Eathly
Branches
- Mandarin
Tools conversion utility to look up any date in the Chinese calendar
- SDSU
Chinese page showing the animals and years
If you can't
read the Chinese characters, install Microsoft
traditional Chinese font, then set browser to view character set "Big 5
(traditional Chinese)."
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