辛未

xīnwèi

noun

Meanings

1 the eighth year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle
2 Xinwei year (e.g. 1871, 1931, 1991, 2051)

Characters

8th Heavenly Stem

8th Earthly Branch (Goat)

Examples

辛未年是六十甲子中的第八年。

Xīnwèi nián shì liùshí jiǎzǐ zhōng de dì bā nián.

Xinwei is the eighth year in the sixty-year cycle.

他生于一九九一年，正是辛未年。

Tā shēng yú yī jiǔ jiǔ yī nián, zhèng shì xīnwèi nián.

He was born in 1991, which was a Xinwei year.

Tips

culture

辛 is the 8th of the 10 Heavenly Stems (天干), 未 is the 8th of the 12 Earthly Branches (地支) — together they're year 8 of the 60-year 干支 cycle still used today for calendrical and astrological reckoning. 未 also corresponds to the Goat (羊) zodiac, so 1991 was a Goat year.

Stroke Order

辛 xīn

未 wèi