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

HSK 5

辛未年是六十甲子中的第八年。

Xīnwèi nián shì liùshí jiǎzǐ zhōng de dìbā nián.

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

HSK 6

他生于一九九一年，正是辛未年。

Tā shēngyú yī jiǔ jiǔ yī nián, zhèngshì 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