English word senses marked with topical category "Chinese zodiac signs"
Parent categories: Astrology, Calendar, Chinese mythology, Divination, Obsolete scientific theories, Pseudoscience, Timekeeping, China, Mythology, Occult, History of science, Sciences, Time, Countries, Countries in Asia, Culture, Forteana, Supernatural, History, Polities, Places, Asia, Society, Folklore, Names, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Total 20 word senses
- Chinese astrology (Noun) The astrology system which was developed in China and is based on yin and yang, twelve signs represented by animals, the lunisolar calendar and five planets.
- Dog (Proper name) The language supposedly spoken by dogs
- Dog (Proper name) The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Dog (Proper name) The Dog Star; Sirius.
- Dragon (Proper name) The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Goat (Proper name) The eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Horse (Proper name) The seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Monkey (Proper name) The ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Ox (Proper name) A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- Ox (Proper name) The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Ox (Proper name) Clipping of Oxford.
- Pig (Proper name) The twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Rabbit (Proper name) The fourth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Rat (Proper name) The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Rooster (Proper name) The tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Snake (Proper name) The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Snake (Proper name) An early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.
- Snake (Proper name) A placename:; A river in the northwestern United States, tributary to the Columbia.
- Snake (Proper name) A placename:; Ellipsis of Snake Island.
- Tiger (Noun) Someone connected with Hull City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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