1908: Year of the Earth Monkey
1908 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 2 February 1908 and runs to 21 January 1909. Born from 1 January to 1 February 1908? You are a Goat, 1907.
1908 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Earth Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 土 Earth, yang
- Cycle name
- 戊申年
- Starts
- 2 February 1908
- Ends
- 21 January 1909
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1908? You turn 118 in 2026.
Say 1908 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九〇八年 1908
- 戊申年 the 戊申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九〇八年出生的 I was born in 1908.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 土猴 Earth Monkey
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
Each year has one of five elements, 五行 , two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.
The Monkey, 猴
The Monkey is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Journey to the West. People born in a Monkey year are said to be clever, funny and curious, quick learners who can solve anything and love a joke.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1908?
1908 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 2 February 1908 to 21 January 1909. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1908?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 1 February 1908? You belong to 1907, the Year of the Fire Goat.
What element is 1908 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 1908 is 戊申 (wù shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Earth year; the Earth Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1908 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九〇八年 (yī jiǔ líng bā nián). “I was born in 1908” is 我是一九〇八年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ líng bā nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).