生肖shēngxiào代表十二地支而用来记人的出生年的十二种动物,即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪。如子年生的人属鼠,丑年生的人属牛等。{12 symbolic animals representing the 12 Earthly Branches and associated with a 12-year cycle, used to denote the year of a person's birth (the 12 animals are: rat, ox, tiger, hare, Chinese dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig), such as a person born in the year of rat or in the year of ox;}也叫also属相{shǔ·xiɑng}。