丙戌

bǐngxū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the 23rd year of the sexagenary cycle (e.g. 1946, 2006, 2066)
  2. 2 bingxu year

Examples

HSK 5
Bǐngxū nián shì liùshí jiǎzǐ zhōng de dì'èrshísān nián.
Bingxu is the 23rd year in the sixty-year cycle.
HSK 6
Tā shēngyú bǐngxū nián.
He was born in a bingxu year.

Tips

culture
Combines the third Heavenly Stem 丙 with the eleventh Earthly Branch 戌 (the dog). Together they form one slot of the 60-year ganzhi (干支) cycle used for traditional dating.
memory
戌 looks similar to 戊 and 戍. Count the inner stroke: 戌 has a horizontal line inside (the dog), 戊 has nothing, 戍 has a dot.

Stroke Order

丙 bǐng
戌 xū