shēng
xiào

Definitions

  1. 1. one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
  2. 2. animal from the Chinese zodiac

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在中国,人们常常用生肖来问别人的年龄。

Zài Zhōngguó, rénmen chángcháng yòng shēngxiào lái wèn biérén de niánlíng.

In China, people often use the Chinese zodiac to ask about someone’s age.

十二生肖里,你最喜欢哪一种动物?

Shí’èr shēngxiào lǐ, nǐ zuì xǐhuān nǎ yì zhǒng dòngwù?

Among the twelve zodiac animals, which one do you like the most?

他属龙,按照中国的生肖说法,龙年出生的人比较有自信。

Tā shǔ lóng, ànzhào Zhōngguó de shēngxiào shuōfǎ, lóngnián chūshēng de rén bǐjiào yǒu zìxìn.

He is a Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac, and people born in the Year of the Dragon are said to be more confident.