1941: Year of the Metal Snake
1941 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 27 January 1941 and runs to 14 February 1942. Born from 1 January to 26 January 1941? You are a Dragon, 1940.
1941 in the Chinese zodiac
蛇
Metal Snake
- Animal
- 蛇 Snake
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛巳年
- Starts
- 27 January 1941
- Ends
- 14 February 1942
- Matches
- Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig
- Age
- Born in 1941? You turn 85 in 2026.
Say 1941 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九四一年 1941
- 辛巳年 the 辛巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九四一年出生的 I was born in 1941.
- 我属蛇 I'm a Snake.
- 金蛇 Metal Snake
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 Snake
- 冷静 calm
- 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 Snake, 蛇
The Snake is called the “little dragon”, 小龙. People born in a Snake year are said to be calm, wise and intuitive: private people who think before they speak and rarely miss.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1941?
1941 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 27 January 1941 to 14 February 1942. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Snakes.
What if I was born in January or early February 1941?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 26 January 1941? You belong to 1940, the Year of the Metal Dragon.
What element is 1941 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1941 is 辛巳 (xīn sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Snake comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1941 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九四一年 (yī jiǔ sì yī nián). “I was born in 1941” is 我是一九四一年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ sì yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).