1985: Year of the Wood Ox
1985 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 20 February 1985 and runs to 8 February 1986. Born from 1 January to 19 February 1985? You are a Rat, 1984.
1985 in the Chinese zodiac
牛
Wood Ox
- Animal
- 牛 Ox
- Element
- 木 Wood, yin
- Cycle name
- 乙丑年
- Starts
- 20 February 1985
- Ends
- 8 February 1986
- Matches
- Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat
- Age
- Born in 1985? You turn 41 in 2026.
Say 1985 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九八五年 1985
- 乙丑年 the 乙丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九八五年出生的 I was born in 1985.
- 我属牛 I'm a Ox.
- 木牛 Wood Ox
What Wood means
木Wood is growth: a tree reaching up and out. People born in a Wood year are said to be generous and kind, slow to anger and quick to help.
- Season
- 春 spring
- Direction
- 东 east
- Colour
- 青 green
Words for a Wood Ox
- 勤劳 hard-working
- 大方 generous
- 仁慈 kind
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 1985?
1985 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 20 February 1985 to 8 February 1986. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Oxs.
What if I was born in January or early February 1985?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 19 February 1985? You belong to 1984, the Year of the Wood Rat.
What element is 1985 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1985 is 乙丑 (yǐ chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Ox comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1985 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九八五年 (yī jiǔ bā wǔ nián). “I was born in 1985” is 我是一九八五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ bā wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).