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title: "2011 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Rabbit (辛卯), 3 Feb 2011 to 22 Jan 2012 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2011 is the Year of the Metal Rabbit, 兔 tù: from Chinese New Year on 3 February 2011 to 22 January 2012, so a birthday before 3 February 2011 is a Tiger. What Metal means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属兔."
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published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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[Chinese zodiac](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac)

# 2011: Year of the Metal Rabbit

2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, 兔 tù, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2010).

兔

tù

Metal Rabbit

**Animal**
[兔 tù Rabbit](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rabbit)

**Element**
金 jīn Metal, yin

**Cycle name**
辛卯年 xīn mǎo nián

**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.

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## Say 2011 in Chinese

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

- 二〇一一年 èr líng yī yī nián 2011
- 辛卯年 xīn mǎo nián the 辛卯 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一一年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng yī yī nián chū shēng de I was born in 2011.
- 我属兔 wǒ shǔ tù I'm a Rabbit.
- 金兔 jīn tù Metal Rabbit

## What Metal means

金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 qiū autumn

**Direction**
西 xī west

**Colour**
白 bái white

### Words for a Metal Rabbit

- 温柔 wēnróu gentle
- 坚强 jiānqiáng strong-willed
- 果断 guǒduàn decisive

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 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.

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

## 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).