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酉 (jau5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

酉 (jau5, yǒu) — 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 酉時 (jau5 si4) — 5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 酉牌時分 (jau5 paai4 si4 fan6) — 5-7 pm
• 酉陽 (jau5 joeng4) — Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 酉陽土家族苗族自治縣 (jau5 joeng4 tou2 gaa1 zuk6 miu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6) — Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 酉陽縣 (jau5 joeng4 jyun6) — Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
• 酉雞 (jau5 gai1) — Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)

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