屬相 [属－]

Jyutping suk6 soeng3
Pinyin shǔ xiàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, informal
    Chinese zodiac sign (one of the twelve animals symbolising the Twelve Branches used to designate years)
    (syn.) 屬相, 屬相兒, 肖屬, 生肖, 生相
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    以动物命名人的属相，是因为我们的先民与这些动物有密切关系。
    以動物命名人的屬相，是因為我們的先民與這些動物有密切關係。
    yǐ dòng wù mìng míng rén de shǔ xiàng ， shì yīn wèi wǒ men de xiān mín yǔ zhè xiē dòng wù yǒu mì qiè guān xi 。
    • Our ancestors used animals to name the years of people's births as their lives were closely connected to these animals.