生肖

Traditional form:

生肖

Pinyin (reading):

shēngxiào

Definitions:

• one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支 (dìzhī)
• animal from the Chinese zodiac

Characters:

• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 肖 - to resemble, to look like; to be like

Traditional characters:

• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 肖 - to resemble, to look like; to be like