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title: "1937 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Ox (丁丑), 11 Feb 1937 to 30 Jan 1938 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox, 牛 niú: from Chinese New Year on 11 February 1937 to 30 January 1938, so a birthday before 11 February 1937 is a Rat. What Fire means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属牛."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1937"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1937: Year of the Fire Ox

1937 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 niú, a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 11 February 1937 and runs to 30 January 1938. Born from 1 January to 10 February 1937? You are a [Rat, 1936](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1936).

牛

niú

Fire Ox

**Animal**
[牛 niú Ox](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/ox)

**Element**
火 huǒ Fire, yin

**Cycle name**
丁丑年 dīng chǒu nián

**Starts**
11 February 1937

**Ends**
30 January 1938

**Matches**
Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat

**Age**
Born in 1937? You turn 89 in 2026.

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## Say 1937 in Chinese

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

- 一九三七年 yī jiǔ sān qī nián 1937
- 丁丑年 dīng chǒu nián the 丁丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九三七年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ sān qī nián chū shēng de I was born in 1937.
- 我属牛 wǒ shǔ niú I'm a Ox.
- 火牛 huǒ niú Fire Ox

## 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 Ox

- 勤劳 qínláo hard-working
- 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 Ox, 牛

The Ox carried the Rat across the river and came in second. People born in an Ox year are said to be patient, honest and hard-working: slow to start, and then impossible to stop.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 1937?

1937 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 11 February 1937 to 30 January 1938. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Oxs.

### What if I was born in January or early February 1937?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 10 February 1937? You belong to 1936, the Year of the Fire Rat.

### What element is 1937 in the Chinese zodiac?

Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1937 is 丁丑 (dīng chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Ox comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 1937 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九三七年 (yī jiǔ sān qī nián). “I was born in 1937” is 我是一九三七年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sān qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).