1991: Year of the Metal Goat
1991 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 15 February 1991 and runs to 3 February 1992. Born from 1 January to 14 February 1991? You are a Horse, 1990.
1991 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Metal Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛未年
- Starts
- 15 February 1991
- Ends
- 3 February 1992
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 1991? You turn 35 in 2026.
Say 1991 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九九一年 1991
- 辛未年 the 辛未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九九一年出生的 I was born in 1991.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 金羊 Metal Goat
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 Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 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 Goat, 羊
The Goat is also the Sheep: 羊 means both. People born in a Goat year are said to be easy-going, creative and caring, the kind of person who makes any place feel like home.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1991?
1991 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 15 February 1991 to 3 February 1992. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 1991?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 14 February 1991? You belong to 1990, the Year of the Metal Horse.
What element is 1991 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 1991 is 辛未 (xīn wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1991 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九九一年 (yī jiǔ jiǔ yī nián). “I was born in 1991” is 我是一九九一年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).