| 1 | 丙寅 | 丙寅 | bǐng yín | bing3 yin2 | third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 | | |
| 2 | 庚寅 | 庚寅 | gēng yín | geng1 yin2 | twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 | | |
| 3 | 甲寅 | 甲寅 | jiǎ yín | jia3 yin2 | 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 | | |
| 4 | 壬寅 | 壬寅 | rén yín | ren2 yin2 | thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022 | | |
| 5 | 唐寅 | 唐寅 | táng yín | Tang2 Yin2 | Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 | | |
| 6 | 文在寅 | 文在寅 | wén zài yín | Wen2 Zai4 yin2 | Moon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from 2017 | | |
| 7 | 戊寅 | 戊寅 | wù yín | wu4 yin2 | fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 | | |
| 8 | 寅 | 寅 | yín | yin2 | 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60° | | |
| 9 | 寅吃卯粮 | 寅吃卯糧 | yín chī mǎo liáng | yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2 | lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later | | |
| 10 | 寅虎 | 寅虎 | yín hǔ | yin2 hu3 | Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) | | |
| 11 | 寅时 | 寅時 | yín shí | yin2 shi2 | 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) | | |
| 12 | 寅支卯粮 | 寅支卯糧 | yín zhī mǎo liáng | yin2 zhi1 mao3 liang2 | see 寅吃卯粮 | | |