1957: Year of the Fire Rooster
1957 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 31 January 1957 and runs to 17 February 1958. Born from 1 January to 30 January 1957? You are a Monkey, 1956.
1957 in the Chinese zodiac
鸡
Fire Rooster
- Animal
- 鸡 Rooster
- Element
- 火 Fire, yin
- Cycle name
- 丁酉年
- Starts
- 31 January 1957
- Ends
- 17 February 1958
- Matches
- Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit
- Age
- Born in 1957? You turn 69 in 2026.
Say 1957 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九五七年 1957
- 丁酉年 the 丁酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五七年出生的 I was born in 1957.
- 我属鸡 I'm a Rooster.
- 火鸡 Fire Rooster
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 summer
- Direction
- 南 south
- Colour
- 红 red
Words for a Fire Rooster
- 自信 confident
- 热情 warm-hearted
- 乐观 optimistic
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 Rooster, 鸡
The Rooster wakes the world each morning. People born in a Rooster year are said to be confident, hard-working and frank: early risers who notice every detail and say what they think.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1957?
1957 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 31 January 1957 to 17 February 1958. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Roosters.
What if I was born in January or early February 1957?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 30 January 1957? You belong to 1956, the Year of the Fire Monkey.
What element is 1957 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 1957 is 丁酉 (dīng yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Rooster comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1957 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九五七年 (yī jiǔ wǔ qī nián). “I was born in 1957” is 我是一九五七年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).