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title: "2029 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Rooster (己酉), 13 Feb 2029 to 1 Feb 2030 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2029 is the Year of the Earth Rooster, 鸡 jī: from Chinese New Year on 13 February 2029 to 1 February 2030, so a birthday before 13 February 2029 is a Monkey. What Earth means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鸡."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2029"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 2029: Year of the Earth Rooster

2029 is the Year of the Rooster, 鸡 jī, 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](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2028).

鸡

jī

Earth Rooster

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

**Element**
土 tǔ Earth, yin

**Cycle name**
己酉年 jǐ yǒu nián

**Starts**
13 February 2029

**Ends**
1 February 2030

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

[Save or share this card](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac?d=2029-06-15) from the zodiac finder.

## Say 2029 in Chinese

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

- 二〇二九年 èr líng èr jiǔ nián 2029
- 己酉年 jǐ yǒu nián the 己酉 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇二九年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng èr jiǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 2029.
- 我属鸡 wǒ shǔ jī I'm a Rooster.
- 土鸡 tǔ jī 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 cháng xià late summer

**Direction**
中 zhōng the centre

**Colour**
黄 huáng yellow

### Words for an Earth Rooster

- 自信 zìxìn confident
- 稳重 wěnzhòng steady
- 可靠 kěkào reliable

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 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).