- 庚子 gēngzǐ gengziThe 37th year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle, such as 1900, 1960, or 2020.
- 庚辰 gēngchén seventeenth yearThe 17th year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle, such as 1940 or 2000.
- 华罗庚 huàluógēng Hua LuogengHua Luogeng (1910-1985), a famous Chinese mathematician and number theorist
- 庚戌 gēngxū 47th year G-11forty-seventh year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle (such as 1910, 1970, or 2030)
- 庚申 gēngshēn 57th year of the sexagenary cycleThe fifty-seventh year of the sixty-year cycle in the traditional Chinese calendar (for example, 1980 or 2040).
- 庚寅 gēngyín twenty-seventh yearThe twenty-seventh year of the sixty-year sexagenary cycle (such as 1890, 1950, or 2010).
- 庚午 gēngwǔ seventh yearThe seventh year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle, such as 1930, 1990, or 2050.
- 长庚 chánggēng VenusThe planet [[金星|金星|jin1 xing1]] when seen in the western sky after sunset; the evening star
- 贵庚 guìgēng your age(honorific) a polite way to ask for someone's age
- 年庚 niángēng birth timea person's date and time of birth, historically expressed by the eight characters of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
- 同庚 tónggēng of the same ageTo be of the same age; born in the same year
- 庚帖 gēngtiě marriage proposal carda traditional document used in old China for marriage arrangements, exchanged between families to record the names, birthplaces, and birth times (the eight characters) of the couple.
- 庚糖 gēngtáng heptoseheptose; a monosaccharide sugar containing seven carbon atoms
- 仓庚 cānggēng oriolethe black-naped oriole; also called [[黄鹂|黃鸝|huang2 li2]] or [[黄莺|黃鶯|huang2 ying1]]
- 定庚 dìnggēng to become engagedto settle a marriage contract or become betrothed
- 庚信 gēngxìn menstruationthe monthly flow of blood from the uterus; menses
- 庚子之乱 gēngzǐzhīluàn Boxer Rebellionthe uprising in 1900 against foreign influence and missionary activity in China which led to the intervention of an eight-nation alliance
- 庚子之役 gēngzǐzhīyì Boxer UprisingBoxer Rebellion of 1900, a historical event where the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing following the uprising of the [[义和团|義和團|yi4 he2 tuan2]].
- 庚子国变 gēngzǐguóbiàn Gengzi CrisisThe national crisis of 1900 during the Gengzi year of the sexagenary cycle, involving the Boxer Rebellion and the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance.
- 庚子拳乱 gēngzǐquánluàn Boxer Uprisingthe Boxer Rebellion, an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
- 庚子赔款 gēngzǐpéikuǎn Boxer IndemnityThe indemnity paid by the Qing government to eight foreign nations following the [[庚子之乱|庚子之亂|geng1 zi3 zhi1 luan4]] in 1900; the terms were finalized in the [[辛丑条约|辛丑條約|xin1 chou3 tiao2 yue1]] of 1901.
- 庚日 gēngrì Geng dayany day in the traditional sixty-day cycle that contains the seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems, known as [[庚|庚|geng1]]
- 庚癸 gēngguǐ to ask for a loan(literary) to send a message asking for food or water; to ask for a loan or financial assistance
- 庚癸之呼 gēngguǐzhīhū request for financial helpA request or plea for financial aid or food; originally a military code used to ask for rations during shortages
- 盘庚 pángēng Pan GengThe 17th monarch of the Shang Dynasty who moved the capital and renamed the kingdom [[殷|殷|yin1]]; his name also titles three chapters in the classic "Book of Documents"
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH