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title: "1955 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Goat (乙未), 24 Jan 1955 to 11 Feb 1956 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1955 is the Year of the Wood Goat, 羊 yáng: from Chinese New Year on 24 January 1955 to 11 February 1956, so a birthday before 24 January 1955 is a Horse. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属羊."
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published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1955: Year of the Wood Goat

1955 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 yáng, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1954).

羊

yáng

Wood Goat

**Animal**
[羊 yáng Goat](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/goat)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙未年 yǐ wèi nián

**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.

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## Say 1955 in Chinese

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

- 一九五五年 yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián 1955
- 乙未年 yǐ wèi nián the 乙未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五五年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 1955.
- 我属羊 wǒ shǔ yáng I'm a Goat.
- 木羊 mù yáng 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 chūn spring

**Direction**
东 dōng east

**Colour**
青 qīng green

### Words for a Wood Goat

- 温和 wēnhé easy-going
- 大方 dàfang generous
- 仁慈 réncí kind

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 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.

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

## 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).