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title: "1993 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rooster (癸酉), 23 Jan 1993 to 9 Feb 1994 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "1993 is the Year of the Water Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 23 January 1993 to 9 February 1994, so a birthday before 23 January 1993 is a Monkey. What Water means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1993"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 1993: Year of the Water Rooster

1993 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/1992).

鸡

jī

Water Rooster

**Animal**
[鸡 jī Rooster](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

**Element**
水 shuǐ Water, yin

**Cycle name**
癸酉年 guǐ yǒu nián

**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.

[Save or share this card](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac?d=1993-06-15) from the zodiac finder.

## Say 1993 in Chinese

A year is read digit by digit, then 年 nián: no “nineteen eighty-three”.

- 一九九三年 yī jiǔ jiǔ sān nián 1993
- 癸酉年 guǐ yǒu nián the 癸酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九九三年出生的 wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ sān nián chū shēng de I was born in 1993.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 水鸡 shuǐ jī 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 dōng winter

**Direction**
北 běi north

**Colour**
黑 hēi black

### Words for a Water Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 聪明 cōngming clever
- 灵活 línghuó adaptable

Each year has one of five elements, 五行 wǔ xíng, 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.

[Rooster personality, matches and sayings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

## 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).