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title: "1933 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster (癸酉), 26 Jan 1933 to 13 Feb 1934 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1933 is the Year of the Water Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934, so a birthday before 26 January 1933 is a Monkey. What Water means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1933"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 1933: Year of the Water Rooster

1933 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 26 January 1933 and runs to 13 February 1934. Born from 1 January to 25 January 1933? You are a [Monkey, 1932](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1932).

鸡

jī

Water Rooster

**Animal**
[鸡 jī Rooster](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

**Element**
水 shuǐ Water, yin

**Cycle name**
癸酉年 guǐ yǒu nián

**Starts**
26 January 1933

**Ends**
13 February 1934

**Matches**
Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit

**Age**
Born in 1933? You turn 93 in 2026.

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## Say 1933 in Chinese

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

- 一九三三年 yī jiǔ sān sān nián 1933
- 癸酉年 guǐ yǒu nián the 癸酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九三三年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ sān sān nián chū shēng de I was born in 1933.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 水鸡 shuǐ jī Water Rooster

## What Water means

水Water is calm and finds a way around anything. People born in a Water year are said to be wise and adaptable, good listeners who read a room.

**Season**
冬 dōng winter

**Direction**
北 běi north

**Colour**
黑 hēi black

### Words for a Water Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 聪明 cōngming clever
- 灵活 línghuó adaptable

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 Rooster, 鸡

The Rooster wakes the world each morning. People born in a Rooster year are said to be confident, hard-working and frank: early risers who notice every detail and say what they think.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1933?

1933 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Roosters.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1933?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 25 January 1933? You belong to 1932, the Year of the Water Monkey.

### What element is 1933 in the Chinese zodiac?

Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1933 is 癸酉 (guǐ yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Rooster comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1933 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九三三年 (yī jiǔ sān sān nián). “I was born in 1933” is 我是一九三三年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sān sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).