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English

1. The 12 Chinese zodiac signs
2. East Asian zodiac, the group of the 12 animals representing the year; the most common variety consists of (in order): rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 東亞文化中，用嚟代表年份嘅十二種動物，每十二年循環；最普遍嘅組合依次序為：鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬

Examples

• 十二生肖來自大自然起源嘅十一種動物，即鼠、牛、虎、兔、馬、蛇、猴、雞、狗同豬，同埋傳說入面嘅龍形，用嚟做曆法。

  Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

• 十二生肖裡沒有貓的原因很簡單。

  The reason the cat is not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac is very simple.

  Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

• 從根本上說，十二生肖的形成，與動物崇拜有關。

  On a fundamental level, the 12 forms of the Chinese zodiac are related to animal worship.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• 江枫的仆人雇了十二生肖杀江枫，他们伏击了江枫和江枫的妻子月奴。

  Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.

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• 十二生肖是由十一種源於自然界的動物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬以及傳說中的龍組成的，用於紀年。

  The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY