1980: Year of the Metal Monkey
1980 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 16 February 1980 and runs to 4 February 1981. Born from 1 January to 15 February 1980? You are a Goat, 1979.
1980 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Metal Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 金 Metal, yang
- Cycle name
- 庚申年
- Starts
- 16 February 1980
- Ends
- 4 February 1981
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1980? You turn 46 in 2026.
Say 1980 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九八〇年 1980
- 庚申年 the 庚申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九八〇年出生的 I was born in 1980.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 金猴 Metal Monkey
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 Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 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 Monkey, 猴
The Monkey is Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Journey to the West. People born in a Monkey year are said to be clever, funny and curious, quick learners who can solve anything and love a joke.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1980?
1980 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 16 February 1980 to 4 February 1981. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1980?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 15 February 1980? You belong to 1979, the Year of the Earth Goat.
What element is 1980 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1980 is 庚申 (gēng shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Metal year; the Metal Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1980 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九八〇年 (yī jiǔ bā líng nián). “I was born in 1980” is 我是一九八〇年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ bā líng nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).