1928: Year of the Earth Dragon
1928 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 23 January 1928 and runs to 9 February 1929. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1928? You are a Rabbit, 1927.
1928 in the Chinese zodiac
龙
Earth Dragon
- Animal
- 龙 Dragon
- Element
- 土 Earth, yang
- Cycle name
- 戊辰年
- Starts
- 23 January 1928
- Ends
- 9 February 1929
- Matches
- Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog
- Age
- Born in 1928? You turn 98 in 2026.
Say 1928 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九二八年 1928
- 戊辰年 the 戊辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九二八年出生的 I was born in 1928.
- 我属龙 I'm a Dragon.
- 土龙 Earth Dragon
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 Dragon
- 有活力 full of energy
- 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 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.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1928?
1928 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 23 January 1928 to 9 February 1929. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Dragons.
What if I was born in January or early February 1928?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1928? You belong to 1927, the Year of the Fire Rabbit.
What element is 1928 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 1928 is 戊辰 (wù chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Earth year; the Earth Dragon comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1928 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九二八年 (yī jiǔ èr bā nián). “I was born in 1928” is 我是一九二八年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ èr bā nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).