2021: Year of the Metal Ox
2021 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 , a Metal year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 12 February 2021 and runs to 31 January 2022. Born from 1 January to 11 February 2021? You are a Rat, 2020.
2021 in the Chinese zodiac
牛
Metal Ox
- Animal
- 牛 Ox
- Element
- 金 Metal, yin
- Cycle name
- 辛丑年
- Starts
- 12 February 2021
- Ends
- 31 January 2022
- Matches
- Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat
- Age
- Born in 2021? You turn 5 in 2026.
Say 2021 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇二一年 2021
- 辛丑年 the 辛丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二一年出生的 I was born in 2021.
- 我属牛 I'm a Ox.
- 金牛 Metal Ox
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 Ox
- 勤劳 hard-working
- 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 Ox, 牛
The Ox carried the Rat across the river and came in second. People born in an Ox year are said to be patient, honest and hard-working: slow to start, and then impossible to stop.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2021?
2021 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 12 February 2021 to 31 January 2022. Its element is Metal, so people born in it are Metal Oxs.
What if I was born in January or early February 2021?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 11 February 2021? You belong to 2020, the Year of the Metal Rat.
What element is 2021 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, 金 (jīn). 2021 is 辛丑 (xīn chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Metal year; the Metal Ox comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2021 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二一年 (èr líng èr yī nián). “I was born in 2021” is 我是二〇二一年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr yī nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).