子
zǐ
丑
chǒu
寅
yín
卯
mǎo
辰
chén
巳
sì
午
wǔ
未
wèi
申
shēn
酉
yǒu
戌
xū
亥
hài
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