1993: Year of the Water Rooster
1993 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 23 January 1993 and runs to 9 February 1994. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1993? You are a Monkey, 1992.
1993 in the Chinese zodiac
鸡
Water Rooster
- Animal
- 鸡 Rooster
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸酉年
- Starts
- 23 January 1993
- Ends
- 9 February 1994
- Matches
- Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit
- Age
- Born in 1993? You turn 33 in 2026.
Say 1993 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九九三年 1993
- 癸酉年 the 癸酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九九三年出生的 I was born in 1993.
- 我属鸡 I'm a Rooster.
- 水鸡 Water Rooster
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 Rooster
- 自信 confident
- 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 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 1993?
1993 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 23 January 1993 to 9 February 1994. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Roosters.
What if I was born in January or early February 1993?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 22 January 1993? You belong to 1992, the Year of the Water Monkey.
What element is 1993 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 1993 is 癸酉 (guǐ yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Rooster comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1993 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九九三年 (yī jiǔ jiǔ sān nián). “I was born in 1993” is 我是一九九三年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).