花甲

Chinese

		intricate; complicated	first term of the cycle
simp. and trad. (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
(Pinyin): huājiǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ gaap³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-kap
Min Nan (POJ): hoa-kah / hoe-kah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huājiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajea
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ gaap³
  - Yale: fā gaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ gaap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ gab³
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑː⁵⁵ kɑːp̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-kap
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa´ gab`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ gab⁵
  - IPA: /fa²⁴ kap̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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/

Noun

花甲

complete sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar
sixty years of age
Alternative name for 花蛤 (huāgé).

Synonyms

甲子 (jiǎzǐ)

Derived terms

年近花甲

花甲之年

See also

干支 (gānzhī)

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