1940: Year of the Metal Dragon
1940 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 8 February 1940 and runs to 26 January 1941. Born from 1 January to 7 February 1940? You are a Rabbit, 1939.
1940 in the Chinese zodiac
龙
Metal Dragon
- Animal
- 龙 Dragon
- Element
- 金 Metal, yang
- Cycle name
- 庚辰年
- Starts
- 8 February 1940
- Ends
- 26 January 1941
- Matches
- Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog
- Age
- Born in 1940? You turn 86 in 2026.
Say 1940 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九四〇年 1940
- 庚辰年 the 庚辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四〇年出生的 I was born in 1940.
- 我属龙 I'm a Dragon.
- 金龙 Metal Dragon
What Metal means
Metal is strength and a clean edge, the harvest of autumn. People born in a Metal year are said to be determined and clear-minded, sure of what they want.
- Season
- 秋 autumn
- Direction
- 西 west
- Colour
- 白 white
Words for a Metal Dragon
- 有活力 full of energy
- 坚强 strong-willed
- 果断 decisive
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 1940?
1940 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 8 February 1940 to 26 January 1941. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Dragons.
What if I was born in January or early February 1940?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 7 February 1940? You belong to 1939, the Year of the Earth Rabbit.
What element is 1940 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1940 is 庚辰 (gēng chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Metal year; the Metal Dragon comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1940 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九四〇年 (yī jiǔ sì líng nián). “I was born in 1940” is 我是一九四〇年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì líng nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).