生肖 (shēngxiào) · Chinese zodiac animal

Measure Word

十二个生肖 gè

Meanings

1 Chinese zodiac animal
2 animal of one's birth year

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

你的生肖是什么?

Nǐ de shēngxiào shì shénme?

What's your Chinese zodiac sign?

HSK 6

我属龙,他的生肖是虎。

Wǒ shǔ lóng, tā de shēngxiào shì hǔ.

I'm a dragon, his zodiac is the tiger.

HSK 6

十二生肖每年轮一个。

Shí'èr shēngxiào měinián lún yí ge.

The twelve zodiac animals rotate one per year.

Tips

culture

The twelve animals: 鼠 (rat), 牛 (ox), 虎 (tiger), 兔 (rabbit), 龙 (dragon), 蛇 (snake), 马 (horse), 羊 (goat), 猴 (monkey), 鸡 (rooster), 狗 (dog), 猪 (pig). Aligned with the twelve Earthly Branches 地支.

Stroke Order

生 shēng

肖 xiào

Related Words

生产 shēngchǎn HSK 5 #4,088

to produce; to manufacture / production / to give birth

生存 shēngcún HSK 5 #2,342

to exist; to survive / survival; existence

生物 shēngwù HSK 5 #2,033

living thing / organism / biology

生长 shēngzhǎng HSK 5 #5,953

to grow; to grow up / growth

生动 shēngdòng HSK 5 #9,396

vivid; lively / graphic; lifelike

陌生 mòshēng HSK 5 #4,385

unfamiliar / strange / unknown

生 shēng HSK 4 #572

to be born; to give birth / raw; uncooked / student; life

生育 shēngyù HSK 7-9 #9,178

to give birth to / to bear (children) / reproduction

生死 shēngsǐ HSK 7-9 #4,657

life and death / life-and-death

生涯 shēngyá HSK 7-9 #3,652

career / life (as a period of activity)