2011: Year of the Metal Rabbit
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 3 February 2011 and runs to 22 January 2012. Born from 1 January to 2 February 2011? You are a Tiger, 2010.
2011 in the Chinese zodiac
兔
Metal Rabbit
- Animal
- 兔 Rabbit
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛卯年
- Starts
- 3 February 2011
- Ends
- 22 January 2012
- Matches
- Goat, Pig and Dog; clashes with Rooster
- Age
- Born in 2011? You turn 15 in 2026.
Say 2011 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇一一年 2011
- 辛卯年 the 辛卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一一年出生的 I was born in 2011.
- 我属兔 I'm a Rabbit.
- 金兔 Metal Rabbit
What Metal means
Metal is strength and a clean edge, the harvest of autumn. People born in a Metal year are said to be determined and clear-minded, sure of what they want.
- Season
- 秋 autumn
- Direction
- 西 west
- Colour
- 白 white
Words for a Metal Rabbit
- 温柔 gentle
- 坚强 strong-willed
- 果断 decisive
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 Rabbit, 兔
The Rabbit is the Jade Rabbit, 玉兔, who lives on the moon with Chang’e. People born in a Rabbit year are said to be gentle, kind and graceful, peacemakers with good taste who would rather talk than fight.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2011?
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 (tù), from Chinese New Year on 3 February 2011 to 22 January 2012. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Rabbits.
What if I was born in January or early February 2011?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 2 February 2011? You belong to 2010, the Year of the Metal Tiger.
What element is 2011 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 2011 is 辛卯 (xīn mǎo) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Rabbit comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2011 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇一一年 (èr líng yī yī nián). “I was born in 2011” is 我是二〇一一年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng yī yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rabbit” is 我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù).