2029: Year of the Earth Rooster
2029 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 13 February 2029 and runs to 1 February 2030. Born from 1 January to 12 February 2029? You are a Monkey, 2028.
2029 in the Chinese zodiac
鸡
Earth Rooster
- Animal
- 鸡 Rooster
- Element
- 土 Earth, yin
- Cycle name
- 己酉年
- Starts
- 13 February 2029
- Ends
- 1 February 2030
- Matches
- Ox, Snake and Dragon; clashes with Rabbit
Say 2029 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇二九年 2029
- 己酉年 the 己酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二九年出生的 I was born in 2029.
- 我属鸡 I'm a Rooster.
- 土鸡 Earth Rooster
What Earth means
土Earth is the ground everything stands on, at the centre of the five. People born in an Earth year are said to be steady and patient, the friend everyone leans on.
- Season
- 长夏 late summer
- Direction
- 中 the centre
- Colour
- 黄 yellow
Words for an Earth Rooster
- 自信 confident
- 稳重 steady
- 可靠 reliable
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 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.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2029?
2029 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 (jī), from Chinese New Year on 13 February 2029 to 1 February 2030. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Roosters.
What if I was born in January or early February 2029?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 12 February 2029? You belong to 2028, the Year of the Earth Monkey.
What element is 2029 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 2029 is 己酉 (jǐ yǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Earth year; the Earth Rooster comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2029 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇二九年 (èr líng èr jiǔ nián). “I was born in 2029” is 我是二〇二九年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng èr jiǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rooster” is 我属鸡 (wǒ shǔ jī).