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There are 11 total results for your Year of the Snake search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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    si4
ssu
 mi(p); shi
    み(P); し
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
(1) the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; (2) (obsolete) (See 巳の刻) hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); (3) (obsolete) south-southeast; (4) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar; (female given name) Mi
snake

丁巳

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dīng sì
    ding1 si4
ting ssu
 hinotomi; teishi / hinotomi; teshi
    ひのとみ; ていし
fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037
(See 干支・1) Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)

乙巳

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yǐ sì
    yi3 si4
i ssu
 kinotomi; isshi; osshi
    きのとみ; いっし; おっし
forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025
(See 干支・1) Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025); (given name) Otomi

己巳

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jǐ sì
    ji3 si4
chi ssu
 tsuchinotomi; kishi
    つちのとみ; きし
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
(See 干支・1) Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)

巳年

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 midoshi; hebidoshi
    みどし; へびどし
year of the snake

巳蛇

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sì shé
    si4 she2
ssu she
Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)

癸巳

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guǐ sì
    gui3 si4
kuei ssu
 mizunotomi; kishi
    みずのとみ; きし
thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
(See 干支・1) Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073); (place-name) Kishi

蛇年

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shé nián
    she2 nian2
she nien
Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)

辛巳

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xīn sì
    xin1 si4
hsin ssu
 kanotomi; shinshi
    かのとみ; しんし
eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
(See 干支・1) Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

巳の年

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 hebinotoshi; minotoshi
    へびのとし; みのとし
(exp,n) (See 巳年) year of the Snake

Variations:
巳年
へび年
ヘビ年

see styles
 midoshi(巳年); hebidoshi
    みどし(巳年); へびどし
year of the Snake
This page contains 11 results for "Year of the Snake" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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