| 辛丑条约 |
Xīn chǒu Tiáo yuē |
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising |
| 辛 |
Xīn |
surname Xin |
| 辛 |
xīn |
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa |
| 辛丑 |
xīn chǒu |
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising |
| 丑 |
Chǒu |
surname Chou |
| 丑 |
chǒu |
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30° |
| 丑 |
chǒu |
shameful / ugly / disgraceful |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 条约 |
tiáo yuē |
treaty / pact / CL:个 |
| 约 |
yāo |
to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 约 |
yuē |
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise |