Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yín
English
- to respect, reverence
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
- The third of the Earthly Branches. See 天干地支. ----
- respectfully
- ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- the third Chinese hour, from 3am to 5am
- third earthly branch
粵語
- 地支嘅第三位,詳情見天干地支。
- 時辰名;凌晨三點到五點
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Words containing 寅
- 寅時jan4 si4
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 同寅tung4 jan4
colleague of same government department
- 寅虎jan4 fu2
Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
- 唐寅tong4 jan4
Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
- 壬寅jam4 jan4
thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
- 戊寅mou6 jan4
fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
- 甲寅gaap3 jan4
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
- 丙寅bing2 jan4
third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
- 庚寅gang1 jan4
twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
- 文在寅man4 zoi6 jan4
Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017
- 寅支卯糧jan4 zi1 maau5 loeng4
see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]
- 寅食卯糧jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4
one's income is not enough for one's expenditure, resulting in an overdraft
- 寅吃卯糧jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4
lit. eating away next year's food in advance
- 子丑寅卯zi2 cau2 jan4 maau5
(idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole story