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title: "2025 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Snake (乙巳), 29 Jan 2025 to 16 Feb 2026 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, 蛇 shé: from Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025 to 16 February 2026, so a birthday before 29 January 2025 is a Dragon. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属蛇."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2025"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 2025: Year of the Wood Snake

2025 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 shé, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025 and runs to 16 February 2026. Born from 1 January to 28 January 2025? You are a [Dragon, 2024](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2024).

蛇

shé

Wood Snake

**Animal**
[蛇 shé Snake](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/snake)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙巳年 yǐ sì nián

**Starts**
29 January 2025

**Ends**
16 February 2026

**Matches**
Rooster, Ox and Monkey; clashes with Pig

**Age**
Born in 2025? You turn 1 in 2026.

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## Say 2025 in Chinese

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

- 二〇二五年 èr líng èr wǔ nián 2025
- 乙巳年 yǐ sì nián the 乙巳 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二五年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng èr wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 2025.
- 我属蛇 wǒ shǔ shé I'm a Snake.
- 木蛇 mù shé Wood Snake

## 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 Snake

- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 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 Snake, 蛇

The Snake is called the “little dragon”, 小龙. People born in a Snake year are said to be calm, wise and intuitive: private people who think before they speak and rarely miss.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2025?

2025 is the Year of the Snake, 蛇 (shé), from Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025 to 16 February 2026. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Snakes.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2025?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 28 January 2025? You belong to 2024, the Year of the Wood Dragon.

### What element is 2025 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 2025 is 乙巳 (yǐ sì) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Snake comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2025 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二五年 (èr líng èr wǔ nián). “I was born in 2025” is 我是二〇二五年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Snake” is 我属蛇 (wǒ shǔ shé).