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The Goat/Sheep () is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The sign is also〔Wen Huang, ("Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram?" ) ''Chicago Tribune,'' January 31, 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2015.〕 referred to as the Ram or Sheep sign,〔Theodora Lau and Laura Lau, Chapter 8: "The Sheep: The Eighth Sign of the Lunar Cycle", ''The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes'', pp. 193-220, Harper Collins, 1979 (paperback edition December 2010) ISBN 978-0061990915〕 since the Chinese word ''yáng'' is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a taxonomic subfamily which includes both sheep and goats.〔(A Lunar New Year With a Name That’s a Matter of Opinion ), Chris Buckley, New York Times, Feb. 18, 2015: "The reason is that the word for the eighth animal in the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year cycle of creatures, yang in Mandarin, does not make the distinction found in English between goats and sheep and other members of the Caprinae subfamily. Without further qualifiers, yang might mean any such hoofed animal that eats grass and bleats."〕
The Year of the Goat (alternatively, Year of the Sheep or Year of the Ram) is associated with the 8th Earthly Branch symbol, 未 (''wèi'').
==Goat or Sheep==
The Chinese word ''yáng'' refers both to goats and sheep,〔Laurent Sagart, 25.5: Goats and Sheep, ''The Roots of Old Chinese'' John Benjamins Publishing (1999), pp. 194-195〕 with ''shānyáng'' specifically goats and ''miányáng'' sheep.〔(Celebrating The Lunar New Year ), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, Dec. 20 2001; in earlier form (here ). Retrieved 15 Feb. 2015.〕〔Ankita Varma, ("Sheep muscle in on Year of the Goat" ), ''The Straits Times,'' Singapore, Jan 27, 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.〕 In English, the sign (originally based on a horned animal) may be called either. The interpretation of sheep or goat depends on culture.〔 In Vietnamese, the sign is ''mùi'', which is unambiguously goat.〔('Year of the Sheep' or 'Year of the Goat'? ), CJV Lang. Retrieved 8 February 2015.〕 In Japan, on the other hand, the sign is ''hitsuji,'' sheep;〔 while in Korea〔Erica Pearson, (Lunar New Year celebrations to welcome year of ‘any ruminant horned animal’ ), ''New York Daily News,'' February 7, 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.〕 and Mongolia the sign is also sheep or ram. Within China, there may be a regional distinction with the zodiacal ''yáng'' more likely to be thought of as a goat in the south, while tending to be thought of as a sheep in the north.〔Victor Mair quoted in (Quartz ). Retrieved 20 February 2015.〕
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