子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn 变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change / to vary / change / variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 变异 變異 biàn yì variation syn 太阳系 太陽系 tài yáng xì solar system 太阳能 太陽能 tài yáng néng solar energy 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 日食 rì shí solar eclipse 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) 白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September 厄尔尼诺 厄爾尼諾 è ěr ní nuò El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific 冬至 dōng zhì Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd December-5th January syn 夏至 xià zhì Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July syn 春分 chūn fēn Chunfen or Spring Equinox, 4th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st March-4th April 公历 公曆 gōng lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar syn 变奏曲 變奏曲 biàn zòu qǔ variation (music) 秋分 qiū fēn Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th October 节气 節氣 jié qi solar term syn 发电量 發電量 fā diàn liàng (power station, solar panel etc) output / capacity 阳历 陽曆 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar syn 霜降 shuāng jiàng Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd October-6th November syn 太阳能热水器 太陽能熱水器 tài yáng néng rè shuǐ qì solar water heater 太阳能电池 太陽能電池 tài yáng néng diàn chí solar cell 立春 lì chūn Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 4th-18th February 小寒 xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January 谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May 变奏 變奏 biàn zòu variation 立秋 lì qiū Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August 立夏 lì xià Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May 大寒 dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February 惊蛰 驚蟄 jīng zhé Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March 立冬 lì dōng Lidong or Start of Winter, 19th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st November 寒露 hán lù Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd October syn 大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days 太阳风 太陽風 tài yáng fēng solar wind 太阳电池 太陽電池 tài yáng diàn chí solar cell syn 芒种 芒種 máng zhòng Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 新历 新曆 xīn lì Gregorian calendar / solar calendar 太阳灶 太陽灶 tài yáng zào solar 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 午 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) syn 申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn 耀斑 yào bān solar flare syn 亥 hài 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330° 辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120° syn 巳 sì 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150° 辐射能 輻射能 fú shè néng radiation energy (e.g. solar) 寅 yín 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60° syn 酉 yǒu 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west) 闰 閏 rùn intercalary / an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29) 戌 xū 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300° 大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn 小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July 太阳帆 太陽帆 tài yáng fān solar sail 处暑 處暑 chǔ shǔ Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September 太阳日 太陽日 tài yáng rì solar day 磁偏角 cí piān jiǎo magnetic declination / declination / magnetic variation / variation of compass syn 太阳能干燥器 太陽能幹燥器 solar drier / solar dehydrator 涨跌幅限制 漲跌幅限制 zhǎng diē fú xiàn zhì limit up, limit down / limit on daily price variation 厄尔尼诺現象 厄爾尼諾现象 è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean 地区差价 地區差價 dì qū chā jià local differences in price / regional price variation 基因变异 基因變異 jī yīn biàn yì genetic variation 拉尼娜 lā ní nà La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼諾|厄尔尼诺 变分 變分 biàn fēn variation (calculus) / deformation 厄尔尼诺现象 厄爾尼諾現象 è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàng El Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean 补偿变差 compensating variation pH值变化 phzhí biàn huà pH change(s) / pH variation(s) 变差系数 變差系數 coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation 相对标准差 相對標準差 coefficient of variation / relative standard deviation 变差 變差 statistical variation 等值变差 等值變差 equivalent variation 小婊砸 xiǎo biǎo zá (slang) little biyatch (variation of 小婊子) 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi Heaven is cooperating (idiom) / the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tian1 gong1 bu4 zuo4 mei3]) 太阳和太阳风层探测器 太陽和太陽風層探測器 tài yáng hé tài yáng fēng céng tàn cè qì Solar 小满 小滿 xiǎo mǎn Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June 二十四节气 二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods 光伏器件 guāng fú qì jiàn photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell) 启蛰 啟蟄 qǐ zhé Waking from Hibernation / old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March 回归年 回歸年 huí guī nián the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes 太阳能板 太陽能板 tài yáng néng bǎn solar panel 太阳神经丛 太陽神經叢 tài yáng shén jīng cóng solar plexus chakra 太阳翼 太陽翼 tài yáng yì solar panel 太阳轮 太陽輪 tài yáng lún solar plexus chakra 太阳电池板 太陽電池板 tài yáng diàn chí bǎn solar panel 库珀带 庫珀帶 kù pò dài the Kuiper belt (in the outer reaches of the Solar system) 猎户臂 獵戶臂 liè hù bì Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system) 聚光太阳能 聚光太陽能 jù guāng tài yáng néng concentrating solar power (CSP) 脐轮 臍輪 qí lún manipūra or manipura, the solar plexus chakra 查克拉, residing in the upper abdomen 风圈 風圈 fēng quān ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo 太阳辐射 太陽輻射 tài yáng fú shè solar radiation 太阳常数 太陽常數 tài yáng cháng shù solar constant 太阳能电池板 太陽能電池板 tài yáng néng diàn chí bǎn solar panel 干旱地区太阳能和风能国际专题讨论会 International Symposium on Solar and Wind Energy of the Arid Zone 太阳能模块 solar module 岛屿太阳能首脑会议－岛屿可再生能源 Island Solar Summit - Renewable Energies for Islands 国际太阳能炊具组织 guó jì tài yáng néng chuī jù zǔ zhī Solar Cookers International 