2013: Year of the Water Snake
2013 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 , a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 10 February 2013 and runs to 30 January 2014. Born from 1 January to 9 February 2013? You are a Dragon, 2012.
2013 in the Chinese zodiac
蛇
Water Snake
- Animal
- 蛇 Snake
- Element
- 水 Water, yin
- Cycle name
- 癸巳年
- Starts
- 10 February 2013
- Ends
- 30 January 2014
- Matches
- Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig
- Age
- Born in 2013? You turn 13 in 2026.
Say 2013 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇一三年 2013
- 癸巳年 the 癸巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一三年出生的 I was born in 2013.
- 我属蛇 I'm a Snake.
- 水蛇 Water Snake
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 Snake
- 冷静 calm
- 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 Snake, 蛇
The Snake is called the “little dragon”, 小龙. People born in a Snake year are said to be calm, wise and intuitive: private people who think before they speak and rarely miss.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2013?
2013 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 10 February 2013 to 30 January 2014. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Snakes.
What if I was born in January or early February 2013?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 9 February 2013? You belong to 2012, the Year of the Water Dragon.
What element is 2013 in the Chinese zodiac?
Water, 水 (shuǐ). 2013 is 癸巳 (guǐ sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Water year; the Water Snake comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2013 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇一三年 (èr líng yī sān nián). “I was born in 2013” is 我是二〇一三年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng yī sān nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).