黄道

黃道
huángdào
noun #32,660

Meanings

  1. 1 the ecliptic (astronomy)
  2. 2 auspicious day (in traditional almanacs)

Examples

Tàiyáng zài huángdào shàng yùnxíng.
The sun moves along the ecliptic.
Tāmen xuǎn le ge huángdào jírì jiéhūn.
They picked an auspicious day to get married.

Tips

culture
Two senses. In astronomy, 黄道 is the path the sun traces across the sky over a year. In traditional almanacs, 黄道 means 'a lucky day' — dates when the sun's path crossed favourable asterisms were considered auspicious for weddings, openings, moving house.

Stroke Order

huáng
dào