Talk:Ox (zodiac)

message: I'm supposedly an Ox, but I'm very open and undisciplined. For example, instead of working, I spend my time surfing wikipedia :-) --ChadThomson 05:13, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The zodiac doesn't suit me!

message: Hrmpf. In the very minute I finally got the Dog article finished, the new categories were put up into the Deletion candidates. Go here for details, and please tell if you want the categories kept, deleted, or if you got another suggestion entirely. I've stopped editing for now. Teshik 14:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Split contested, candidate for deletion

message: I thought the Chinese symbol for 'Year of the Ox' was 丑, as apposed to 牛, which just means 'Ox'.  I could be wrong though.  Could somebody please verify which is correct.  Sadako No Deshi 18:54, 18 July 2006 (BST)
:The character you supplied (chŏu) is the 2nd of the sequence of Earthly Branches (地支), part of the old chinese sexagesimal date system.  It corresponds to 牛 (níu) positionally, but does not actually mean cow.  In this case, both are correct, as both refer to the year of the Ox, but the former is more antiquated and not commonly used in speech, and is often used in conjunction with a Heavenly Stem (天干) character to indicate the year.  For example, 2006 is 丙戌.  A Chinese person born in the year of the Ox would say 我屬牛 and not 我屬丑.  So the usages are different.  Hope this helps.
::Please remember to sign your posts Anaythea 16:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: However, an encyclopaedia shouldn't reflect a casual mode of speech.  This is reflected in the naming of the article within the Japanese and Chinese wikipedia.  In addition, Every year, the chinese events, and calendars, all use the traditional characters for the name.  And this article should maintain some consistancy with the wikipedia of whose language we are arguing.  Ice-Wolf 04:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese Character

message: Do not reply here; go to centralized discussion at Talk:Rat (zodiac)#Let's remove all the celebrities lists. — coelacan — 18:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  remove list of people 

message: This list is retarded. Since when did Chinese zodiac books give a list of countries?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.113.199.242 (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  remove list of countries 

message: The lucky flower "Peach Blossom" for year of the Ox is linking to the Peach Blossom Moth. Being new to editing and not wanting to be responsible for destroying Wiki, would be great if someone with experience took a look at it Danjf (talk) 22:01, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peach Blossom Link is Wrong 

message: This is completely wrong. The second zodiac is 牛 (niú), which means Bovini, including ox and cow.
--Yejianfei (talk) 01:53, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure what you're referring to as wrong in the passage you've quoted. Can you clarify? Sleath56 (talk) 06:45, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong expression 

message: Please chime in at Talk:Rat_(zodiac)#Celebrity_lists,_again regarding removing the list of people from all Chinese zodiac articles. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove list of people, again