1961: Year of the Metal Ox
1961 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 15 February 1961 and runs to 4 February 1962. Born from 1 January to 14 February 1961? You are a Rat, 1960.
1961 in the Chinese zodiac
牛
Metal Ox
- Animal
- 牛 Ox
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛丑年
- Starts
- 15 February 1961
- Ends
- 4 February 1962
- Matches
- Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat
- Age
- Born in 1961? You turn 65 in 2026.
Say 1961 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九六一年 1961
- 辛丑年 the 辛丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九六一年出生的 I was born in 1961.
- 我属牛 I'm a Ox.
- 金牛 Metal Ox
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 Ox
- 勤劳 hard-working
- 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 Ox, 牛
The Ox carried the Rat across the river and came in second. People born in an Ox year are said to be patient, honest and hard-working: slow to start, and then impossible to stop.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1961?
1961 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 15 February 1961 to 4 February 1962. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Oxs.
What if I was born in January or early February 1961?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 14 February 1961? You belong to 1960, the Year of the Metal Rat.
What element is 1961 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1961 is 辛丑 (xīn chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Ox comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1961 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九六一年 (yī jiǔ liù yī nián). “I was born in 1961” is 我是一九六一年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ liù yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).