1995: Year of the Wood Pig
1995 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 , a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 31 January 1995 and runs to 18 February 1996. Born from 1 January to 30 January 1995? You are a Dog, 1994.
1995 in the Chinese zodiac
猪
Wood Pig
- Animal
- 猪 Pig
- Element
- 木 Wood, yin
- Cycle name
- 乙亥年
- Starts
- 31 January 1995
- Ends
- 18 February 1996
- Matches
- Rabbit, Goat and Tiger; clashes with Snake
- Age
- Born in 1995? You turn 31 in 2026.
Say 1995 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 一九九五年 1995
- 乙亥年 the 乙亥 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是一九九五年出生的 I was born in 1995.
- 我属猪 I'm a Pig.
- 木猪 Wood Pig
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 Pig
- 善良 kind-hearted
- 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 Pig, 猪
The Pig came in last, after stopping for a meal and a nap on the way. People born in a Pig year are said to be kind-hearted, generous and easy-going: they enjoy life and trust others.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1995?
1995 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 (zhū), from Chinese New Year on 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Pigs.
What if I was born in January or early February 1995?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 30 January 1995? You belong to 1994, the Year of the Wood Dog.
What element is 1995 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, 木 (mù). 1995 is 乙亥 (yǐ hài) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Pig comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 1995 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 一九九五年 (yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ nián). “I was born in 1995” is 我是一九九五年出生的 (wǒ shì yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Pig” is 我属猪 (wǒ shǔ zhū).