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Hanyu Pinyin
Mandarin (Hanyu ) Pinyin (pin-spelling yin-sound) was approved in 1958 and adopted in 1979 by the Chinese government. Since then, pinyin has been accepted by the Library of Congress, The American Library Association, and most international institutions as the transcription system for Mandarin. In 1979 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted pinyin as the standard Romanization for Modern Chinese.
There are four full tones in Mandarin pronunciation, and one neutral tone.
1st tone
ne to
5 4 3 2
The first tone is marked as a straight line like this _. sustained sound (as if singing a note)
d 2n
The second tone is marked upwards like this / . It is a rising tone (start from the lower part of your voice, then go up). The third tone is marked down and up like this . It is a low and curved tone. Try to go as low as you can and then bounce up. The fourth tone is marked downwards like this \. It is a falling tone (start from the grating highest part of your voice, then go down, as if exclaiming). The neutral tone has no mark. It is a short and light tone.
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3r d
to n
Tone
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Neutral
Mark
Description
High and level. Starts medium in tone, then rises to the top. Starts low, dips to the bottom, then rises toward the top. Starts at the top, then falls sharp and strong to the bottom.
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There are five group of theories in Wu Shu ( ) . They are include: Ming -Destiny, Bo- Divination, I-Chin, Xian- Face and Palm reading , Yi-Chinese Medicine and Shan-Mountain ridge.
Wu Shu is not the superstition, but is a true bountiful imperial sacrifices principle, a philosophy knowledge
Group
Definition
Base on calculating Dates. There are different school of Astrology, Four Pillars Destiny, ZWDS and Iron Plate.. To study and analysis of good luck or bad luck and its reason. Yi Jing and its families belong to this group.
Ming4
Bu3
Xian1
To study ways to know hidden truth by seeing from peoples face or palm.
Yi
Shan
To study spiritual development of human, mountain including occultist theories and methods.
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English Chinese Ch. Pin Yin
\ Lower Yuan tong1 sheng1 tong1 shu1 / he2 tu2 luo4 shu1 xian1 tian1 ba1 gua4 hou4 tian1 ba1 gua4 tian1 di4 ren2 long2 mai4 shang4 yuan2 zhong yuan xia4 yuan2
English
Feng Shui is about using our environment to benefit us. Below are some basic terms for Fens Shui Chinese Almanac He Tu (Drawing From The River Lu Shu (Writing From River Luo) Pre-heaven Mountain Or Hill Range The Flow Of Qi Energy Kan Yu (Old Name For Feng Shui) Xuan Means Space (A Mystery) And Time. Kong Means (Void) Eight Gates Nine Stars Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Mountain Dragon Mountains And Waters Direction Of The Water Mouth Water Dragon luan2 tou2 li3 qi4 kan1 yu2 xuan2 kong4
ba1 men2 jiu3 xing1 jiu3 gong1 ba1 gua4 shan1 long2 shan1 shui3 shui3 kou3 shui3 long2
The Luo Pan: It contains multiple rings, you can find the below rings in every Chinese Compass
zuo3 qing1 long2 you4 bai2 hu3 ming2 tang2 qian2 zhu1qiao3 hou4 xuan2 wu3 long2 gui1 Heaven's Pool Heaven Plate Earth Plate
tian1 chi2
Back Turtle
Man Plate
ren2 pan2
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Some Feng Shui Terms
Chinese Xuan2 Kong1da4 Gua4 Xuan2 Kong1 Lu4 Fa3 Xuan2 Kong1fei1 Sing1 Ze2 Ri4 Qi2 Men2 Dun4 Jia3 Lu4 Ren2 Shen2 Shuo4 Mei2 Hua1 Yi4 Shuo4 He2 Luo4 Li3 Shuo4 Shui3 Fa3 Ba2 Zhai2 Yin1 Zhai2 Yu2 Zhai2 Si4 Zhu4 Ba1 Zi4 Mian4 Xiang4 Zhang3 Xiang4 Zi3 Wei1 Dou4 Shuo4 Wu Shu Ancient divination symbol Six methods of oracle Flying Stars Pick an auspicious date for marriage, burial, business etc. Chinese special theory and method to know the times and the directions of good or bad luck. Originally, it was used to win a military war. Liu Ren' means six methods of oracle. 'Shen Shuo' means wonderful power of prediction and analysis of future. If we have a problem and when we want to make an oracle, we cast a chart for the time we intend to do something. Plum blossom It means 'He Tu' chart. and 'Luo Shu' chart. They indicate a kind of numerology theory in ancient China. 'Numerology concerned with Yi Jing and He Luo theory'. Use Water Methods to place the good coming water and bad outing going water. 8 Mansion or East and West House is one of the easier methods used to determine the good and bad locations. Yin house (Yin Zhai) Tomb (Grave) Yang House (Yang Zhai) House or Home Four Pillars of Destiny (Ba Zi) allows us to better understand our lives, and how to enhance our prospects for health and prosperity. Face (Mian Xiang) and Palm (Zhang Xiang) reading is one of the oldest divination techniques. Looking at the face or palm you can determine such things as significant events in ones life. For study of a person's life based on the movement and location of the Purple Star (Zi Wei) and 100+ other stars at the time the person was born. (Dou Shu) means calculation, known as the North Star. Five technological groups of life-developing theories is a type of tools for improving our personal life or fortune. Description
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Information about the Stems and Branches Chinese English Pin Yin 10 Stems Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui Pin Yin Pronunciation 10 tian1gan1 jia2 yi3 Bing3 Ding1 wu4 ji3 geng1 xin1 ren2 gui3 5
wu3
Chinese 12
English Pin Yin 12 Branches Zi Chou (Zhou) Yin Mao Chen (Zhen) Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai
Pin Yin Pronunciation (shi er) di4 zhi1 zi3 chou3 yin2 mao3 chen2 si4 wu3 wei4 Shen1 You3 Xu1 hai4
Number
Chinese Chinese Pin Yin
1
yi1
2
er4
3
san1
4
si4
6
lu4
7
qi1
8
ba1
9
jiu3
10
shi2
11
shi2 yi1
12
shi2 er4
yi1 ba2
er4 hei1
san1 bi4
si4 lu4
wu3 huang2
liu4 bai2
qi1 chi4
ba1 ba2
jiu3 zi3
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More information about the Branches Name and Animal Sign Chinese English English Zi Chou (Zhou) Yin Mao Chen (Zhen) Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog Pig Lunar Calendar Element Month Water Earth Wood Wood Earth Fire Fire Earth Metal Metal Earth Water 11th 12th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Hour 11pm -1am 1am - 3am 3am 5am 5am 7am 7am 9am 9am11am 11am -1pm 1pm 3pm 3pm 5pm 5pm 7pm 7pm 9pm 9pm11pm
shu3
niu2
hu4
tu4
long2
she2
ma3
yang2
hou2
ji1
gou3
zhu1
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Eight House / East and West house
English 8 House 8 Mansion Ba Zhai Chueh Ming (Jue Ming) Chinese Pin Yin Pronunciation ba1 zhai2 Element (wu3 xing2)
Chinese
jue2ming4
Metal
Fu Wei
fu2 wei4
Wood
liu4 sha1
Water
sheng1 qi4
Wood
Tien Yee (Tien Yi) Wor Hai (Ho Hai) Wu Kwei (Wu Gui)
Metal Direction Chen (E) Xun ( SE) Kan (N) Li (S) Qian (NW) Kun (SW) Gen (E) Dui (W)
West Group
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Xuan Kong Flying Stars
English
Flying Stars Xuan Kong Fei Xing 3 Eras (Xuan) And 9 Periods (Yun) 24 Mountains 7 Star Robbery Castle Gate Cheng Shen Di Xuan (Earth) Double Facing Double Sitting Flying Star Palace Facing Star (facing) Water Stars Fan Yin Fu Yin Five Ghosts Carry Money In prison Ling Shen Nine Palaces Parent San Ban Gua Pearl String San Ban Gua Po Tsai Po Tsai Sun Ding Ren Xuan (Man) Replacement star Sitting Star (sitting) Mountain Star Shang Shan Hsia Shui (SSHS) Sun Ding Tian Xuan (Heaven) Void Line Wang Ding Wang Tsai Wang Shan Wang Shui (WSWS) Zhao Shen
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Water Methods / Water Placement
English Water Methods (Water Placement) Fu Pi Xing (Fu Xing Xue) He Tu 4 Formations (Da Xuan Kong Wu Xing) Husband And Wife Combo 10 Inside Castle Gate Lo Shu 4 Formations (Late Heaven Combine 10) Mountain Dragon Fan Gua Na Jia Kwei Xuen Peach Blossom Water Pure Yin And Pure Yang San Hop Lin Chu Water San Xuan Dragon Gate 8 Formations Wang Chuen Water Water Dragon Fan Gua Yang Jen (Knife) Water English Castle Gate Cheng Shen Chueh Fu Xing Gua Hou Tian Hsien Tian Jiu Xing water Ling Shen Na Jia Ba Sha Water Sheng Shuai Chinese Chinese () Ch. Pin Yin cheng2 men2 jue2 zheng4 shen2 jUe2 fu3 xing1 gua4 hou4 tian1 xian1 tian1 jiu3 xing1 shui3 fa3
ling2 shen2
Pin Yin Pronunciation di4 li3 shui3 fa3 fu1 bi4 xing1 (fu1 xing1 xu4 ) he2 tu2 sheng1cheng2 li3 qi4 shui3 fa3 fu1fu4 he2 shi2 nei4 cheng2 men2 luo4 shu1li3 qi4 shui3 fa3 shan1 long2 fan1 gua4 na4 jia3 gui1 yuan2 tao2 hua1 shui3 jing4 yin1jing4yang2 shui3 fa3 san1he2 lian2 zhu1 shui3 fa3 san1 yuan2 long2 men2ba2 dai4 ju2 wang2 quan2 shui3 shui3 long2 fan1 gua4 yang2 ren4 shui3 English Wang Yi Ma Water Zhi Zhao Shen Chu Men Fu Pi Wu Chu Lien Chen Liu Chuen Po Chun Tang Lang Wen Chu Chinese Ch. Pin Yin wang4 yi4 ma3 shui3 fa3 si3 zhao4 shen2 ju4 men2 fu1bi4 wu3 qu3 lian2 chen1 Lu4 cun2 po4 jUn1 tan1 lang2 wen2 qu3
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Four Pillars of Destiny (1)
English Art Of Prophecy Based On Interaction Of [Yin1] And [Yang2] 6 Branches Comb. Branches- The Three Unities Branches 6 Chongs 12 Branches 12 Branches Animal Sign Clashes Combination Character Controlling (Domination) Chart Type Day Branch Day Master Day Pillar Day Stem Declined And Prosperous Enhancing and Controlling (Reinforce or Counteract each other ) Enhancing (Productive) Era (period of years) Favorable And Unfavorable Four Horses (Conner) Four Directions (Failure) Four Tombs Favourable Deities Fighting Comb. Five Element Five Rats Chasing The Hour Five Tiger Chasing The Month Fan Yin (opposite meaning) Fu Yin (Repeat chanting) Chinese Ch. Pin Yin shu4shou4 di4 zhi1liu4 he2 di4 zhi1 san1 he2 di4 zhi1 liu4 chong1 shi2 er4 di4 zhi1 di4 zhi1 sheng1xiao4 chong1 he2 xing4 ge2 xiang4 ke4 ge2 ju2 ri4 zhi1 ri4 zhu3 ri4 zhu4 ri4 gan4] shuai1 wang4 sheng1 xiang4 sheng1ke4 xiang4 sheng1 Ji4 yuan2 xi3 ji4 si4 chang2 sheng1 si4 zhong4 si4 mu4 di4 xi3 shen2 zheng1 he2 wu3 xing2 wu3 shu3 dun4 shi2 wu3 hu4 dun4 yue4 fan1 yin2 fu2 uin2
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Four Pillars of Destiny (2)
English Getting The Branch Getting The Gang Getting The Timing Half Element Comb. Heavenly Stem Hour Pillars Hour Pillars Hidden Branches Innate Qi In Season Jealousy Branch Comb. Jie Jie Qi Leftover Qi Li Chun Luck Pillar Missing (Void) Branches Opposite Gang Paired Combinations Parallel Penalty Penalty, Clash, Break Up, Damage, Polarity (two extremities / yin and yang) Post Heaven (Late Heaven) Pre- Heaven (Early Heaven) Power Deities Resource Deity Same Gang Self Penalties Seasonal About The Five Elements Six Branch Comb. Six Break Ups Six Damages (Injuries) Chinese De2 di4 De2 shi4 De2 shi2 ban4 hui4 ju2 tian1 gan1 shi2 zhu4 shi2 zhu4 di4 zhi1 zang4 gan1 zhu3 qi4 Dang1 ling4 du4 he2 jie2 jie2 qi4 yu2 qi4 li4 chun1 dai4 yun4 kong1 wang2 yi4 dang3 shuang1 he2 bi3 jie2 xing2 xing2 chong1 po4 hai4 liang3 ji2 hou4 tian1 xian1 tian1 guan1 sha2 yin4 shou4 tong2 dang3 zi4 xing2 wang4 sheng1 xiu1 qiu2 liu4 he2 liu4 po4 liu4 hai4 Ch. Pin Yin
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Four Pillars of Destiny (3)
English Stems Combination Stems Clashes Strong Day Master Staring The Ten Year Luck The Lunar Calendar The solar or Gregorian calendar Too many Kuan and sha in once pillars The Twelve Life Stages
English Chinese Ch. Pin Yin
Chinese / /
Ch. Pin Yin tian1gan1 sheng1 he2 tian1 gan1 sheng1 chong1 Jiang4 ri4 zhu3 qi3 yun4 yue4 li4 / yin1 li4 ri4 li4 / yang2 li4 guan1sha1 hun4 za2 sheng1 wang4 shi3 jue2
Chinese Ch. Pin Yin
English
Ten Stems The Six Gods The Ten Deities Ten Year Luck Cycles The Three Meetings The Three Penalties Three Unities / Trinities TwoHeaded Snake Useful God Unfavorable Deities
shi2 tian1gan1 liu4 shen2 shi2 shen2 shi2 nian2 dai4 yun4 san1 hui1 san1 xing2 san1 he2 she2 tou she2 yong4 shen2 ji4 shen2
Weak Day Master Weakening (Reductive) Cycles Wu Xing Wu Qi Yang Female Yang Male Yang Qi Year Pillar Yin Female Yin Male Yin Qi
ruo4 ri4 zhu3 xiang1 xie4 wu3 xing2 wu3 qi4 yang1 nu3 yang22 nan2 yang2 qi4 ni2 zhu4 yin1 nu3 yin1nan2 yin1 qi4
Chang2 Shang1 Mu4 Yu4 Guan1 Dai4 Lin2 Guan1 Di4 Wang4 Shuai1
Long life To bathe Cap and sash worn by the literati Near the official The emperor is prosperous Fades
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Four Pillars of Destiny (4)
The Six Gods : Ch. & Pin Yin English The Day Mater (Self) Ch. & Pin Yin English
Wealth (Tsai Xing) (Cai Xing) The DM Dominates Power (Kuan Sha) (Guan Sha) Dominates The DM Resource (Yin Xing) Produces the DM
Parallel (Pi Chieh) (Bi Jie) Same Element as DM Intelligence (Shih Shang) DM produces
shih2 shen2 shang1 kuan1 cheng4 Tsai 2 pian1 cai2 cheng4 yin4 pien1 yin4
Shi Shen / Shih Shen Shang Gguan / Shang Kuan Zheng Cai / Cheng Tsai Pian Cai / Pien Tsai Cheng Yin / Zheng Yin Pian Yin / Pien Yin
Cheng Kuan / Zheng Guan Chi Sha / Qi Sha Pi Chien / Bi Jian Chieh Tsai / Jie Cai
The Chart type : Chinese & Pin Yin English Intelligence/Output Shih Shen Type Intelligence/Output Shang Kuan Tpye Power type Cheng Kuan Type Power type Chi Sha Type Resource type Cheng Yin type Resource type Pien Yin Type Wealth type Cheng Tsai Type Wealth type Pien Tsai Type Chinese & Pin Yin English Follow the weak Intensity Type Follow the Strong Intensity Type Follow the Qi Sha type Follow the Children Type Solo-strength Type The Follow Type The Transformation Type
shih2 shen2 ge2 shang1 kuan1 ge2 cheng4 kuan1 ge2 () pian1 guan1 ge2 cheng4 yin4 ge2 pien1 yin4 ge2 cheng4 tsai2 ge2 pian1 tsai2 ge2
c ong2 ruo4 ge2 cong2 qiang2 ge2 cong2 sha1 ge2 cong2 er0 ge2 zhuan1wang4 cong2 ge2 hua4 ge2
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Jie Qi
The 12 Jie Month Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Date to stars
Jie month in Bold
Jie Qi English Chinese mang2 zhong2 xia4 zhi4 xiao3 shu3 da4 shu3 li4 qiu1 chu3 shu3 bai2 lu4 qin1 fen1 han2 lu2 shuang1 jiang4 li4 dong1 xiao3 xue3 da4 xue3 dong1 zhi4 xiao3 han2 da4 han2 li4 chun1 yu3 shui3 jing1 zhe2 chun1 fen1 qing1 ming2 gu3 yu3 li4 xia4 xiao3 man3
Translation Wheat Seeding Summer Begins Small summer heat Great summer heat Autumn begins Disbursement of heat White dew Autumn Equinox Cold dew Frost Appears Winter begins Little snow Great snow White Solstice Sligh cold Great cold Spring begin Rain water Excited insect Spring Equinox Clear and Bright Grain rain Summer begin Grain filling
June 5/6 June 21/22 July 7/8 July 23/24 Aug 7/8 Aug 23/24 Sept 7/8 Sept 23/24 Oct 8/9 Oct 23/24 Nov 7/8 Nov 22/23 Dec 7/8 Dec 21/22 Jan 5/6 Jan 20/21 Feb 4/5 Feb 19/20 Mar 5/6 Mar 20/21 Apr 4/5 Apr 20/21 May 5/6 May 21/22
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The Complete guide of Trigram (Ba Gua)
Compass degree Trigram Chinese Ch. Pin Yin Trigram English 292.5337.5 247.5292.5 157.5202.5 67.5112.5 112.5157.5 337..522.5 67.522.5 202.5247.5
li2 Li Fire
Early heaven Late heaven Yin/Yang Trigram Family Age group Element Directions 24 Mountain
9 6
Yang
4 7
Yin
3 9
Yin
8 3
Yang
2 4
Yin
7 1
Yang
6 8
Yang
1 2
Yin
NW Xu Qian Hai
S Bing Wu Ding
Summer Heart Small intestine
Heart & Eyes related problems
E Jia Mao Yi
SE Chen Xun Si
Late Spring
N Ren Zi
Gui
Winter Urinary bladder, Kidney
Kidney or blood disorder
Season
Autumn
Spring
Body part
Large intestine
Headaches Pulmonary diseases
Lung
Mouth & Chest related diseases
Gall bladder
Hysteria, Throat, leg or foot problems
Liver
Colds, thigh hip problems rheumatism
Stomach
Arthritis, broken arms, hand or fingers
Spleen
Illnesses
Digestive disorders
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64 Hexagrams pin-yin ( iu4 shi2 si4 gua4 )
tai4
da4 chu4
xu1
xiao3 chu4
da 4 zhung3
da4 you3
guai4
qian 2
lin2
sun3
jie
zhong 1 fu2
gui1 mei4
kui2
dui4
lu3
ming2 yi2
bi
ji4 ji4
jia1ren2
feng1
li2
ge2
tong2 ren2
fu4
yi 2
tun1
yi 4
chen4
shi4 he4
sui2
wu2 wang4
pi3
cui4
jin4
yu4
guan1
bi 3
bo1
kun 1
dun4
xian2
lu3
xiao3 guo4
jian 4
jian 3
gen3
qian1
song4
kun 4
wei 4 ji4
jie4
huan4
kan3
meng2
shi1
gou4
da4 guo4
ding3
heng2
xun4
jing3
gu3
sheng1
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60 Cycle Jia Zi
jia zi yi chou bing yin ding mao wu chen ji si geng wu xin wei ren shen gui you
1924/1984
1925/1985
1926/1986
1927/1987
1928/1988
1929/1989
1930/1990
1931/1991
1932/1992
1933/1993
jia xu
yi hai
bing zi
ding chou
wu yin
ji mao
geng chen
xin si
ren wu
gui wei
1934/1994
1935/1995
1936/1996
1937/1997
1983/1998
1939/1999
1940/2000
1941/2001
1942/2002
1943/2003
jia shen
yi you
bing xu
ding hai
wu zi
ji chou
geng yin
xin mao
ren chen
gui si
1944/2004
1945/2005
1946/2006
1947/2007
1948/2008
1949/2009
1950/2010
1951/2011
1952/2012
1953/2013
jia wu
yi wei
bing shen
ding you
wu xu
ji hai
geng zi
xin chou
ren yin
gui mao
1954/2014
1955/2015
1956/2016
1957/2017
1958/2018
1959/2019
1960/2020
1961/2021
1962/2022
1963/2023
jia chen
yi si
bing wu
ding wei
wu shen
ji you
geng xu
xin hai
ren zi
gui chou
1964/2024
1965/2025
1966/2026
1967/2027
1986/2028
1969/2029
1970/2030
1971/2031
1972/2032
1973/2033
jia yin
yi mao
bing chen
ding si
wu wu
ji wei
geng shen
xin you
ren xu
gui hai
1974/2034
1975/2035
1976/2036
1977/2037
1978/2038
1979/2039
1980/2040
1981/2041
1982/2042
1983/2043
Note: If your birth date is between January 1st and February 4th/5th use the previous year
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