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title: "2015 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Goat (乙未), 19 Feb 2015 to 7 Feb 2016 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2015 is the Year of the Wood Goat, 羊 yáng: from Chinese New Year on 19 February 2015 to 7 February 2016, so a birthday before 19 February 2015 is a Horse. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属羊."
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published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 2015: Year of the Wood Goat

2015 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 yáng, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 19 February 2015 and runs to 7 February 2016. Born from 1 January to 18 February 2015? You are a [Horse, 2014](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2014).

羊

yáng

Wood Goat

**Animal**
[羊 yáng Goat](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/goat)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙未年 yǐ wèi nián

**Starts**
19 February 2015

**Ends**
7 February 2016

**Matches**
Pig, Rabbit and Horse; clashes with Ox

**Age**
Born in 2015? You turn 11 in 2026.

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## Say 2015 in Chinese

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

- 二〇一五年 èr líng yī wǔ nián 2015
- 乙未年 yǐ wèi nián the 乙未 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一五年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng yī wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 2015.
- 我属羊 wǒ shǔ yáng I'm a Goat.
- 木羊 mù yáng Wood Goat

## 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 Goat

- 温和 wēnhé easy-going
- 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 Goat, 羊

The Goat is also the Sheep: 羊 means both. People born in a Goat year are said to be easy-going, creative and caring, the kind of person who makes any place feel like home.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2015?

2015 is the Year of the Goat, 羊 (yáng), from Chinese New Year on 19 February 2015 to 7 February 2016. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Goats.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2015?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 18 February 2015? You belong to 2014, the Year of the Wood Horse.

### What element is 2015 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 2015 is 乙未 (yǐ wèi) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Goat comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2015 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇一五年 (èr líng yī wǔ nián). “I was born in 2015” is 我是二〇一五年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng yī wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Goat” is 我属羊 (wǒ shǔ yáng).