一甲子

yī jiǎ zǐ

परिभाषाएँ

1. sixty years

一甲子 के घटक शब्द

• 一 yī: one
• 子 zǐ: son
• 甲 jiǎ: first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
• 一甲 yī jiǎ: 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)
• 甲子 jiǎ zǐ: first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[dì zhī])