In several East Asian countries including China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia, as well as in other Asian countries like Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand , Chinese Signs/Chinese Zodiac is popular . Sometimes your friend or your teacher can ask you , what's your chinese signs ? In my country , we call it " Shio " . Have you heard about " Shio ? ''
Shio is a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle.
| 兔 | | tù |
| ( n. ) | rabbit |
| ( adj. ) | hare-lipped |
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| 龙 | | lóng |
| ( n. ) | dragon / imperial / dinosaur |
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| 牛 | | niú |
| ( n. ) | ox / cow / bull
what is your chinese zodiac ? 你属什么 Nǐ shǔ shénme
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