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title: "2017 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Rooster (丁酉), 28 Jan 2017 to 15 Feb 2018 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018, so a birthday before 28 January 2017 is a Monkey. What Fire means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2017"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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[Chinese zodiac](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac)

# 2017: Year of the Fire Rooster

2017 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, a Fire year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 28 January 2017 and runs to 15 February 2018. Born from 1 January to 27 January 2017? You are a [Monkey, 2016](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2016).

鸡

jī

Fire Rooster

**Animal**
[鸡 jī Rooster](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rooster)

**Element**
火 huǒ Fire, yin

**Cycle name**
丁酉年 dīng yǒu nián

**Starts**
28 January 2017

**Ends**
15 February 2018

**Matches**
Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit

**Age**
Born in 2017? You turn 9 in 2026.

[Save or share this card](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac?d=2017-06-15) from the zodiac finder.

## Say 2017 in Chinese

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

- 二〇一七年 èr líng yī qī nián 2017
- 丁酉年 dīng yǒu nián the 丁酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇一七年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng yī qī nián chū shēng de I was born in 2017.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 火鸡 huǒ jī Fire Rooster

## What Fire means

火Fire is warmth and light at the height of summer. People born in a Fire year are said to be passionate and bold, the first to start and the last to give up.

**Season**
夏 xià summer

**Direction**
南 nán south

**Colour**
红 hóng red

### Words for a Fire Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 热情 rèqíng warm-hearted
- 乐观 lèguān optimistic

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 Rooster, 鸡

The Rooster wakes the world each morning. People born in a Rooster year are said to be confident, hard-working and frank: early risers who notice every detail and say what they think.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2017?

2017 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018. Its element is Fire, so people born in it are Fire Roosters.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2017?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 27 January 2017? You belong to 2016, the Year of the Fire Monkey.

### What element is 2017 in the Chinese zodiac?

Fire, 火 (huǒ). 2017 is 丁酉 (dīng yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Fire year; the Fire Rooster comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2017 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇一七年 (èr líng yī qī nián). “I was born in 2017” is 我是二〇一七年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng yī qī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).