The Sheng xiao (Chinese: 生肖; pinyin: shēngxiào), better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries besides China and Taiwan. Identifying this scheme using the term "zodiac" reflects several similarities to the Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into 12 parts, each labels at least the majority of those parts with names of animals, and each is widely associated with a culture of attributing influence of a person's relationship to the cycle upon their personality and/or events in their life. Nevertheless, there are major differences: the "Chinese" 12-part cycle is divided into years rather than months; contrary to the association with animals implied in the Greek etymology of "zodiac", actually four of the Western "signs" or "houses" are represented by humans (one such sign being the twins "Gemini") and one is the inanimate balance scale "Libra"; the animals of the Chinese zodiac are not associated with constellations, let alone those spanned by the ecliptic plane.
Tiger - 虎 (Yang, 3rd Trine, Fixed Element Wood): Unpredictable, rebellious, colorful, powerful, passionate, daring, impulsive, vigorous, stimulating, sincere, affectionate, humanitarian, generous. Can be restless, reckless, impatient, quick-tempered, obstinate, selfish, aggressive, unpredictable, moody.
每一人在其出生年都有一個動物作為生肖。十二生肖即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬，依次分配於十二地支，是中國民間計算年齡的方法，也是一種古老的紀年法，亦稱十二生肖。用以紀年、紀月、紀日或紀時辰時，則稱十二獸曆。十二生肖（獸曆）廣泛流行於亞洲諸民族及東歐和北非的某些國家之中。
專指中國農曆生肖屬相的一種說法。在公曆元旦後，中國農曆春節前出生的生肖屬相未變並與前年屬相相同。例如︰1974年（農曆甲寅年）是虎年，但是當時的農曆虎年是從1974年1月23日起至1975年2月10日。所以在1975年1月1日至1975年2月10日期間出生的人，在中國農曆上出生在甲寅年，故仍然屬虎。因為已過了公曆新年（元旦），所以屬於隔年虎。同理可用於隔年龍，隔年兔等說法。
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