甲子 jiǎzǐ first year Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 甲子 jiǎzǐ first year time word The first year of the sexagenary cycle in the traditional Chinese calendar, formed by the first heavenly stem and first earthly branch. 史书上记载，那次起义爆发于甲子年。 shǐshū shàng jìzǎi, nà cì qǐyì bàofā yú jiǎzǐ nián. Historical records state that the uprising broke out in the Jiazi year. sixty-year cycle noun A complete sixty-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, often used metonymically to mean sixty years of age. 弹指一挥间，他已经度过了一个甲子。 tánzhǐ yī huī jiān, tā yǐjīng dùguò le yī gè jiǎzǐ. In the blink of an eye, he has lived through a full sixty-year cycle. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.97 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.05 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
甲子 jiǎzǐ first year time word The first year of the sexagenary cycle in the traditional Chinese calendar, formed by the first heavenly stem and first earthly branch. 史书上记载，那次起义爆发于甲子年。 shǐshū shàng jìzǎi, nà cì qǐyì bàofā yú jiǎzǐ nián. Historical records state that the uprising broke out in the Jiazi year. sixty-year cycle noun A complete sixty-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, often used metonymically to mean sixty years of age. 弹指一挥间，他已经度过了一个甲子。 tánzhǐ yī huī jiān, tā yǐjīng dùguò le yī gè jiǎzǐ. In the blink of an eye, he has lived through a full sixty-year cycle. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.97 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.05 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
