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title: "1928 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Dragon (戊辰), 23 Jan 1928 to 9 Feb 1929 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1928 is the Year of the Earth Dragon, 龙 lóng: from Chinese New Year on 23 January 1928 to 9 February 1929, so a birthday before 23 January 1928 is a Rabbit. What Earth means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属龙."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1928"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1928: Year of the Earth Dragon

1928 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 lóng, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1927).

龙

lóng

Earth Dragon

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

**Element**
土 tǔ Earth, yang

**Cycle name**
戊辰年 wù chén nián

**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.

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## Say 1928 in Chinese

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

- 一九二八年 yī jiǔ èr bā nián 1928
- 戊辰年 wù chén nián the 戊辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九二八年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ èr bā nián chū shēng de I was born in 1928.
- 我属龙 wǒ shǔ lóng I'm a Dragon.
- 土龙 tǔ lóng 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 cháng xià late summer

**Direction**
中 zhōng the centre

**Colour**
黄 huáng yellow

### Words for an Earth Dragon

- 有活力 yǒu huólì full of energy
- 稳重 wěnzhòng steady
- 可靠 kěkào reliable

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 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).