2003: Year of the Water Goat
2003 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 1 February 2003 and runs to 21 January 2004. Born from 1 January to 31 January 2003? You are a Horse, 2002.
2003 in the Chinese zodiac
羊
Water Goat
- Animal
- 羊 Goat
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸未年
- Starts
- 1 February 2003
- Ends
- 21 January 2004
- Matches
- Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox
- Age
- Born in 2003? You turn 23 in 2026.
Say 2003 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇〇三年 2003
- 癸未年 the 癸未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇〇三年出生的 I was born in 2003.
- 我属羊 I'm a Goat.
- 水羊 Water Goat
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 Goat
- 温和 easy-going
- 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 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 2003?
2003 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 1 February 2003 to 21 January 2004. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Goats.
What if I was born in January or early February 2003?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 31 January 2003? You belong to 2002, the Year of the Water Horse.
What element is 2003 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 2003 is 癸未 (guǐ wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Goat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2003 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇〇三年 (èr líng líng sān nián). “I was born in 2003” is 我是二〇〇三年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng líng sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).