中国的天干地支用英语如何表达?如天干：甲乙丙丁戊已庚辛壬癸；地支：子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥这些如何用英语表述呢?

Question

中国的天干地支用英语如何表达?
如天干：甲乙丙丁戊已庚辛壬癸；地支：子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥
这些如何用英语表述呢?

Answer 1

农历天干的英文表示：
天干：Heavenly Stems
甲：the first of the ten Heavenly Stems.
乙：the 2nd of the ten Heavenly Stems.
丙：the 3rd of the ten Heavenly Stems.
丁：the 4th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
戊：the 5th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
己：the 6th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
庚：the 7th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
辛：the 8th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
壬：the 9th of the ten Heavenly Stems.
癸：the last of the ten Heavenly Stems.
地支：Earthly Branches
子：the first of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 2nd of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 3rd of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 4th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 5th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 6th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 7th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 8th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 9th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 10th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the 11th of the twelve Earthly Branches.
the last of the twelve Earthly Branches.
以上是出自《汉英大词典》,中间的序数词我为了方便起见直接用了阿拉伯数字的形式,可以看出是多么的繁长,用于对这些文化的解释还行,但是编历还是太长了：如农历甲子年用这些英文就是一个很长的句子：the first of the ten Heavenly Stems and the first of the twelve Earthly Branches of year of Chinese Monthly Farmer's Calendar,根本不是一个英文单词.