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十二
shíèr
1.
twelve
2.
12
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Compound Words (20)
十二月
Shíèryuè
December
十二支
shíèrzhī
the 12 earthly branches [[子]], [[丑]], [[寅]], [[卯]], [[辰]], [[巳]], [[午]], [[未]], [[申]], [[酉]], [[戌]], [[亥]] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
十二码
shíèrmǎ
12-yard (sports)
十二经
shíèrjīng
twelve channels of TCM
十二分
shíèrfēn
exceedingly
十二宫
shíèrgōng
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries [[白羊<Báiyáng>]], Taurus [[金牛<Jìnniú>]], Gemini [[雙子|双子<Shuāngzǐ>]], Cancer [[巨蟹<Jùxiè>]], Leo [[獅子|狮子<Shīzǐ>]], Virgo [[室女<Shìnǚ>]], Libra [[天秤<Tiānchèng>]], Scorpio [[天蠍|天蝎<Tiānxiē>]], Sagittarius [[人馬|人马<Rénmǎ>]], Capricorn [[摩羯<Mójié>]], Aquarius [[寶瓶|宝瓶<Bǎopíng>]], Pisces [[雙魚|双鱼<Shuāngyú>]]
十二月份
shíèryuèfèn
December
十二经脉
shíèrjīngmài
twelve channels of TCM
十二边形
shíèrbiānxíng
dodecagon
十二角形
shíèrjiǎoxíng
dodecagon
十二面体
shíèrmiàntǐ
dodecahedron
十二地支
shíèrdìzhī
the 12 earthly branches [[子]], [[丑]], [[寅]], [[卯]], [[辰]], [[巳]], [[午]], [[未]], [[申]], [[酉]], [[戌]], [[亥]] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二指肠
shíèrzhǐcháng
duodenum
十二星座
shíèrxīngzuò
the twelve constellations on the ecliptic plane
十二时辰
shíèrshíchen
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
黄道十二宫
huángdàoshíèrgōng
see [[十二宮|十二宫<shíèrgōng>]]
十二平均律
shíèrpíngjūnlǚ
equal temperament
四十二章经
sìshíèrzhāngjīng
The Sutra in Forty-two Chapters Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga [[迦葉摩騰]] and Gobharana [[竺法蘭]] (Dharmaraksha)
三十二位元
sānshíèrwèiyuán
32-bit (computing)
黄花岗七十二烈士
Huánghuāgāngqīshíèrlièshì
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
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