yǐ sì

乙巳 (yǐ sì) is a Chinese word meaning “forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025”.

Meanings

  1. 1forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025

Characters in 乙巳

乙yǐ · second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]巳sì · 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake

Related words

乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]乙turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]乙醇ethanol; ethyl alcohol乙烯ethylene巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake聚乙烯polythene乙醚ether乙酸acetic acid (CH3COOH)乙炔acetylene聚氯乙烯polyvinyl chloride (PVC)乙肝hepatitis B聚苯乙烯polystyrene

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