2020: Year of the Metal Rat
2020 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 25 January 2020 and runs to 11 February 2021. Born from 1 January to 24 January 2020? You are a Pig, 2019.
2020 in the Chinese zodiac
鼠
Metal Rat
- Animal
- 鼠 Rat
- Element
- 金 Metal, yang
- Cycle name
- 庚子年
- Starts
- 25 January 2020
- Ends
- 11 February 2021
- Matches
- Dragon, Monkey and Ox; clashes with Horse
- Age
- Born in 2020? You turn 6 in 2026.
Say 2020 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇二〇年 2020
- 庚子年 the 庚子 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二〇年出生的 I was born in 2020.
- 我属鼠 I'm a Rat.
- 金鼠 Metal Rat
What Metal means
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 autumn
- Direction
- 西 west
- Colour
- 白 white
Words for a Metal Rat
- 机灵 quick-witted
- 坚强 strong-willed
- 果断 decisive
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 Rat, 鼠
The Rat comes first of the twelve: in the old story of the Great Race it rode across the river on the Ox’s back and jumped off at the finish. People born in a Rat year are said to be quick-witted and resourceful, the first to spot a chance and careful to save for a rainy day.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2020?
2020 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 (shǔ), from Chinese New Year on 25 January 2020 to 11 February 2021. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Rats.
What if I was born in January or early February 2020?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 24 January 2020? You belong to 2019, the Year of the Earth Pig.
What element is 2020 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 2020 is 庚子 (gēng zǐ) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Metal year; the Metal Rat comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2020 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二〇年 (èr líng èr líng nián). “I was born in 2020” is 我是二〇二〇年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr líng nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rat” is 我属鼠 (wǒ shǔ shǔ).