| 生肖属相 |
shēng xiào shǔ xiàng |
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生肖 |
shēng xiào |
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 / animal from the Chinese zodiac |
| 肖 |
Xiāo |
surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4] |
| 肖 |
xiào |
similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like |
| 属 |
shǔ |
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute |
| 属 |
zhǔ |
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on |
| 属相 |
shǔ xiàng |
colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle |
| 相 |
Xiāng |
surname Xiang |
| 相 |
xiāng |
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品) |
| 相 |
xiàng |
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |