甲子 jiǎzǐ first year Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All "jia3 zi3" meanings All meanings 2 jiǎzǐ 2 first year 1sixty-year cycle 1 2 sentences for 甲子 (jiǎzǐ) 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. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary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. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary