花甲
Chinese
| intricate; complicated | 1st heavenly stem; armour; shell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (花甲) | 花 | 甲 | |
| simp. #(花甲) | 花 | 甲 | |
Etymology
Named for the complicated pairings of the heavenly stems and the earthly branches in the names of the sixty years in the cycle.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faa1 gaap3
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-kah / hoe-kah
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ho-ciaq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huājiǎ
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huajiǎ
- Wade–Giles: hua1-chia3
- Yale: hwā-jyǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajea
- Palladius: хуацзя (xuaczja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faa1 gaap3
- Yale: fā gaap
- Cantonese Pinyin: faa1 gaap8
- Guangdong Romanization: fa1 gab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /faː⁵⁵ kaːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-kap
- Hakka Romanization System: faˊ gabˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fa1 gab5
- Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ kap̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: faˋ gab
- Sinological IPA: /fa⁵³ kap⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-kah
- Tâi-lô: hua-kah
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'kaq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ kaʔ⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-kah
- Tâi-lô: hue-kah
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kaq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ kaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
花甲
- complete sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar
- sixty years of age
- (originally dialectal) Alternative name for 花蛤 (huāgé).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 年近花甲
- 花甲之年 (huājiǎzhīnián)
See also
- 干支 (gānzhī)