Chinese Word: 天干 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

the 10 heavenly stems 甲 , used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

Antonyms: 地支

1		nǐ 你 shàng 上 xīng qī tiān 星期天 gān 干 le 了 shén me 什么？ What did you do last Sunday ?
2		xiǎng 想 něi tiān 哪天 gān 干， nà tiān 那天 jiù shì 就是 jí rì 吉日。 Think which day dry, is a lucky day that day.
3		tā 他 cóng 从 bú wèn 不问 wǒ 我 na tiān 哪天 gān 干 le 了 shén me shì 什么事。 He never asked me what I' d gotten done on any particular day.
4		wǒ 我 guò qu 过去 jīng cháng 经常 yì tiān 一天 gān 干 shí sì 十四 gè 个 xiǎo shí 小时。 I used to work fourteen hours a day.
5		zhōng guó 中国 zài 在 hàn wǔ dì 汉武帝 yǐ qián 以前 yòng 用 tiān gān 天干 dì zhī 地支 jì nián 纪年。 Gan-Zhis were employed to designate the years before the reign of Wudi Emperor of Han Dynasty;

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1		nǐ 你 shàng 上 xīng qī tiān 星期天 gān 干 le 了 shén me 什么？ What did you do last Sunday ?
2		xiǎng 想 něi tiān 哪天 gān 干， nà tiān 那天 jiù shì 就是 jí rì 吉日。 Think which day dry, is a lucky day that day.
3		tā 他 cóng 从 bú wèn 不问 wǒ 我 na tiān 哪天 gān 干 le 了 shén me shì 什么事。 He never asked me what I' d gotten done on any particular day.
4		wǒ 我 guò qu 过去 jīng cháng 经常 yì tiān 一天 gān 干 shí sì 十四 gè 个 xiǎo shí 小时。 I used to work fourteen hours a day.
5		zhōng guó 中国 zài 在 hàn wǔ dì 汉武帝 yǐ qián 以前 yòng 用 tiān gān 天干 dì zhī 地支 jì nián 纪年。 Gan-Zhis were employed to designate the years before the reign of Wudi Emperor of Han Dynasty;