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title: "2032 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Rat (壬子), 11 Feb 2032 to 30 Jan 2033 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2032 is the Year of the Water Rat, 鼠 shǔ: from Chinese New Year on 11 February 2032 to 30 January 2033, so a birthday before 11 February 2032 is a Pig. What Water means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属鼠."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2032"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# 2032: Year of the Water Rat

2032 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 shǔ, a Water year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 11 February 2032 and runs to 30 January 2033. Born from 1 January to 10 February 2032? You are a [Pig, 2031](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2031).

鼠

shǔ

Water Rat

**Animal**
[鼠 shǔ Rat](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/rat)

**Element**
水 shuǐ Water, yang

**Cycle name**
壬子年 rén zǐ nián

**Starts**
11 February 2032

**Ends**
30 January 2033

**Matches**
Dragon, Monkey and Ox; clashes with Horse

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## Say 2032 in Chinese

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

- 二〇三二年 èr líng sān èr nián 2032
- 壬子年 rén zǐ nián the 壬子 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇三二年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng sān èr nián chū shēng de I was born in 2032.
- 我属鼠 wǒ shǔ shǔ I'm a Rat.
- 水鼠 shuǐ shǔ Water Rat

## What Water means

水Water is calm and finds a way around anything. People born in a Water year are said to be wise and adaptable, good listeners who read a room.

**Season**
冬 dōng winter

**Direction**
北 běi north

**Colour**
黑 hēi black

### Words for a Water Rat

- 机灵 jīling quick-witted
- 聪明 cōngming clever
- 灵活 línghuó adaptable

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 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.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2032?

2032 is the Year of the Rat, 鼠 (shǔ), from Chinese New Year on 11 February 2032 to 30 January 2033. Its element is Water, so people born in it are Water Rats.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2032?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 10 February 2032? You belong to 2031, the Year of the Metal Pig.

### What element is 2032 in the Chinese zodiac?

Water, 水 (shuǐ). 2032 is 壬子 (rén zǐ) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Water year; the Water Rat comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2032 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇三二年 (èr líng sān èr nián). “I was born in 2032” is 我是二〇三二年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng sān èr nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Rat” is 我属鼠 (wǒ shǔ shǔ).