属相

colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle

Characters and words in 属相

category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute

属 = 尸 + 禹 : 暴龙属 is the genus Tyrannosaurus, and I'll use a T-Rex as mnemonic symbol.

The great Yu (禹) built a dyke to prevent Sheldon Shrimp (shu) from entering his side of the space station (Ø3), but then a T-Rex (属) ghost (尸) starts to haunt him until he tears down his dyke.

属

屬

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on

相

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

surname Xiang

相

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

相 = 木 + 目 : I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Marie Curie portrays an ent in the anglepod's bathroom. Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree. The Eye of Providence enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait. The Eye of Providence asks Marie Curie how much she wants to have for the painting, but Marie Curie just wonders if the Eye of Providence is made from Radium, because it radiates so much.

Words with 属相

生

she̅ng

肖

xiào

属

屬

shǔ

相

xiàng

birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)

Sentences with 属相

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