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title: "2014 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Horse (甲午), 31 Jan 2014 to 18 Feb 2015 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse, 马 mǎ: from Chinese New Year on 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015, so a birthday before 31 January 2014 is a Snake. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属马."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2014"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 2014: Year of the Wood Horse

2014 is the Year of the Horse, 马 mǎ, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 31 January 2014 and runs to 18 February 2015. Born from 1 January to 30 January 2014? You are a [Snake, 2013](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2013).

马

mǎ

Wood Horse

**Animal**
[马 mǎ Horse](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/horse)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yang

**Cycle name**
甲午年 jiǎ wǔ nián

**Starts**
31 January 2014

**Ends**
18 February 2015

**Matches**
Dog, Tiger and Goat; clashes with Rat

**Age**
Born in 2014? You turn 12 in 2026.

[Save or share this card](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac?d=2014-06-15) from the zodiac finder.

## Say 2014 in Chinese

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

- 二〇一四年 èr líng yī sì nián 2014
- 甲午年 jiǎ wǔ nián the 甲午 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一四年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng yī sì nián chū shēng de I was born in 2014.
- 我属马 wǒ shǔ mǎ I'm a Horse.
- 木马 mù mǎ Wood Horse

## What Wood means

木Wood is growth: a tree reaching up and out. People born in a Wood year are said to be generous and kind, slow to anger and quick to help.

**Season**
春 chūn spring

**Direction**
东 dōng east

**Colour**
青 qīng green

### Words for a Wood Horse

- 活泼 huópō lively
- 大方 dàfang generous
- 仁慈 réncí kind

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 Horse, 马

The Horse runs free. People born in a Horse year are said to be lively, warm and independent, quick on their feet and happiest on the move and in good company.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2014?

2014 is the Year of the Horse, 马 (mǎ), from Chinese New Year on 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Horses.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2014?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 30 January 2014? You belong to 2013, the Year of the Water Snake.

### What element is 2014 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 2014 is 甲午 (jiǎ wǔ) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Wood year; the Wood Horse comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2014 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇一四年 (èr líng yī sì nián). “I was born in 2014” is 我是二〇一四年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng yī sì nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Horse” is 我属马 (wǒ shǔ mǎ).