1981: Year of the Metal Rooster
1981 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 5 February 1981 and runs to 24 January 1982. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1981? You are a Monkey, 1980.
1981 in the Chinese zodiac
鸡
Metal Rooster
- Animal
- 鸡 Rooster
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛酉年
- Starts
- 5 February 1981
- Ends
- 24 January 1982
- Matches
- Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit
- Age
- Born in 1981? You turn 45 in 2026.
Say 1981 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九八一年 1981
- 辛酉年 the 辛酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九八一年出生的 I was born in 1981.
- 我属鸡 I'm a Rooster.
- 金鸡 Metal Rooster
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 Rooster
- 自信 confident
- 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 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 1981?
1981 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 5 February 1981 to 24 January 1982. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Roosters.
What if I was born in January or early February 1981?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 4 February 1981? You belong to 1980, the Year of the Metal Monkey.
What element is 1981 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1981 is 辛酉 (xīn yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Rooster comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1981 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九八一年 (yī jiǔ bā yī nián). “I was born in 1981” is 我是一九八一年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ bā yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).