十二地支 [ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓ; shi2 er4 di4 zhi1] the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers) ◄ ►