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title: "1957 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rooster (丁酉), 31 Jan 1957 to 17 Feb 1958 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1957 is the Year of the Fire Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 31 January 1957 to 17 February 1958, so a birthday before 31 January 1957 is a Monkey. What Fire means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1957"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 1957: Year of the Fire Rooster

1957 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1956).

鸡

jī

Fire Rooster

**Animal**
[鸡 jī Rooster](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

**Element**
火 huǒ Fire, yin

**Cycle name**
丁酉年 dīng yǒu nián

**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.

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## Say 1957 in Chinese

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

- 一九五七年 yī jiǔ wǔ qī nián 1957
- 丁酉年 dīng yǒu nián the 丁酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九五七年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ wǔ qī nián chū shēng de I was born in 1957.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 火鸡 huǒ jī 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 xià summer

**Direction**
南 nán south

**Colour**
红 hóng red

### Words for a Fire Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 热情 rèqíng warm-hearted
- 乐观 lèguān optimistic

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 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.

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

## 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).