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title: "1916 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Dragon (丙辰), 3 Feb 1916 to 22 Jan 1917 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1916 is the Year of the Fire Dragon, 龙 lóng: from Chinese New Year on 3 February 1916 to 22 January 1917, so a birthday before 3 February 1916 is a Rabbit. What Fire means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属龙."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1916"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1916: Year of the Fire Dragon

1916 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 lóng, a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 3 February 1916 and runs to 22 January 1917. Born from 1 January to 2 February 1916? You are a [Rabbit, 1915](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1915).

龙

lóng

Fire Dragon

**Animal**
[龙 lóng Dragon](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/dragon)

**Element**
火 huǒ Fire, yang

**Cycle name**
丙辰年 bǐng chén nián

**Starts**
3 February 1916

**Ends**
22 January 1917

**Matches**
Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog

**Age**
Born in 1916? You turn 110 in 2026.

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## Say 1916 in Chinese

A year is read digit by digit, then 年 nián: no “nineteen eighty-three”.

- 一九一六年 yī jiǔ yī liù nián 1916
- 丙辰年 bǐng chén nián the 丙辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九一六年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī liù nián chū shēng de I was born in 1916.
- 我属龙 wǒ shǔ lóng I'm a Dragon.
- 火龙 huǒ lóng Fire Dragon

## What Fire means

火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.

**Season**
夏 xià summer

**Direction**
南 nán south

**Colour**
红 hóng red

### Words for a Fire Dragon

- 有活力 yǒu huólì full of energy
- 热情 rèqíng warm-hearted
- 乐观 lèguān optimistic

Each year has one of five elements, 五行 wǔ xíng, two years each, so the same animal and element meet once every sixty years. The traits are what tradition says, for fun.

## The Dragon, 龙

The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.

[Dragon personality, matches and sayings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/dragon)

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1916?

1916 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 3 February 1916 to 22 January 1917. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Dragons.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1916?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 2 February 1916? You belong to 1915, the Year of the Wood Rabbit.

### What element is 1916 in the Chinese zodiac?

Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1916 is 丙辰 (bǐng chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Fire year; the Fire Dragon comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1916 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九一六年 (yī jiǔ yī liù nián). “I was born in 1916” is 我是一九一六年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ yī liù nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).