1955: Year of the Wood Goat
1955 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 24 January 1955 and runs to 11 February 1956. Born from 1 January to 23 January 1955? You are a Horse, 1954.
1955 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Wood Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 木 Wood, yin
- Cycle name
- 乙未年
- Starts
- 24 January 1955
- Ends
- 11 February 1956
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 1955? You turn 71 in 2026.
Say 1955 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五五年 1955
- 乙未年 the 乙未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五五年出生的 I was born in 1955.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 木羊 Wood Goat
What Wood means
木Wood is growth: a tree reaching up and out. People born in a Wood year are said to be generous and kind, slow to anger and quick to help.
- Season
- 春 spring
- Direction
- 东 east
- Colour
- 青 green
Words for a Wood Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 大方 generous
- 仁慈 kind
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 Goat, 羊
The Goat is also the Sheep: 羊 means both. People born in a Goat year are said to be easy-going, creative and caring, the kind of person who makes any place feel like home.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1955?
1955 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 24 January 1955 to 11 February 1956. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1955?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 23 January 1955? You belong to 1954, the Year of the Wood Horse.
What element is 1955 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1955 is 乙未 (yǐ wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1955 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五五年 (yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián). “I was born in 1955” is 我是一九五五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).