heavenly stem

短语

天干

词形变化

heavenly stems 复数 heavenly stems

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

    A day of the traditional ten-day week.

    天干

    十干

    历史 宗教 哲学
  2. 2.

    One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

    One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  3. 3.

    One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

    The ancestor venerated with a ritual on the appointed day of the traditional week.

    历史 宗教
  4. 4.

    One of the ten terms used in East Asian cultures to represent

    An ordinal, used in similar contexts to Roman numerals in English numbering and outlining.

    正式

词源

Calque from Chinese 天干 (tiāngān).

来源：wiktionary