2007: Year of the Fire Pig
2007 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 , a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 18 February 2007 and runs to 6 February 2008. Born from 1 January to 17 February 2007? You are a Dog, 2006.
2007 in the Chinese zodiac
猪
Fire Pig
- Animal
- 猪 Pig
- Element
- 火 Fire, yin
- Cycle name
- 丁亥年
- Starts
- 18 February 2007
- Ends
- 6 February 2008
- Matches
- Rabbit, Goat and Tiger; clashes with Snake
- Age
- Born in 2007? You turn 19 in 2026.
Say 2007 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇〇七年 2007
- 丁亥年 the 丁亥 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇〇七年出生的 I was born in 2007.
- 我属猪 I'm a Pig.
- 火猪 Fire Pig
What Fire means
火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.
- Season
- 夏 summer
- Direction
- 南 south
- Colour
- 红 red
Words for a Fire Pig
- 善良 kind-hearted
- 热情 warm-hearted
- 乐观 optimistic
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 2007?
2007 is the Year of the Pig, 猪 (zhū), from Chinese New Year on 18 February 2007 to 6 February 2008. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Pigs.
What if I was born in January or early February 2007?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 17 February 2007? You belong to 2006, the Year of the Fire Dog.
What element is 2007 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, 火 (huǒ). 2007 is 丁亥 (dīng hài) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Pig comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2007 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇〇七年 (èr líng líng qī nián). “I was born in 2007” is 我是二〇〇七年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng líng qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Pig” is 我属猪 (wǒ shǔ zhū).