On the Chinese Calendar, you will find terminology like Tian Gan and Di Zhi (Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch), a peculiar Chinese way of marking the years in a sixty-year cycle. There is also a system that marks the years in a twelve-year cycle, naming each of them after an animal such as Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar.

And their Earthly Branch names are:

Rat charm, 子鼠

Ox patient, 丑牛

Tiger sensitive, 寅虎

Rabbit articulate, 卯兔

Dragon healthy, 辰龙

Snake deep, 巳蛇

Horse popular, 午马

Goat elegant, 未羊

Monkey clever, 申猴

Rooster deep thinkers, 酉鸡

Dog loyalty, 戌狗

Pig chivalrous. 亥猪