1992: Year of the Water Monkey
1992 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 4 February 1992 and runs to 22 January 1993. Born from 1 January to 3 February 1992? You are a Goat, 1991.
1992 in the Chinese zodiac
猴
Water Monkey
- Animal
- 猴 Monkey
- Element
- 水 Water, yang
- Cycle name
- 壬申年
- Starts
- 4 February 1992
- Ends
- 22 January 1993
- Matches
- Rat, Dragon and Snake; clashes with Tiger
- Age
- Born in 1992? You turn 34 in 2026.
Say 1992 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九九二年 1992
- 壬申年 the 壬申 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九九二年出生的 I was born in 1992.
- 我属猴 I'm a Monkey.
- 水猴 Water Monkey
What Water means
水Water is calm and finds a way around anything. People born in a Water year are said to be wise and adaptable, good listeners who read a room.
- Season
- 冬 winter
- Direction
- 北 north
- Colour
- 黑 black
Words for a Water Monkey
- 机智 clever
- 聪明 clever
- 灵活 adaptable
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 1992?
1992 is the Year of the Monkey, 猴 (hóu), from Chinese New Year on 4 February 1992 to 22 January 1993. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Monkeys.
What if I was born in January or early February 1992?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 3 February 1992? You belong to 1991, the Year of the Metal Goat.
What element is 1992 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1992 is 壬申 (rén shēn) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Water year; the Water Monkey comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1992 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九九二年 (yī jiǔ jiǔ èr nián). “I was born in 1992” is 我是一九九二年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ èr nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Monkey” is 我属猴 (wǒ shǔ hóu).