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title: "2045 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Ox (乙丑), 17 Feb 2045 to 5 Feb 2046 | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "2045 is the Year of the Wood Ox, 牛 niú: from Chinese New Year on 17 February 2045 to 5 February 2046, so a birthday before 17 February 2045 is a Rat. What Wood means, and how to say it in Chinese: 我属牛."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2045"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-26"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 2045: Year of the Wood Ox

2045 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 niú, a Wood year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 17 February 2045 and runs to 5 February 2046. Born from 1 January to 16 February 2045? You are a [Rat, 2044](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/2044).

牛

niú

Wood Ox

**Animal**
[牛 niú Ox](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-zodiac/ox)

**Element**
木 mù Wood, yin

**Cycle name**
乙丑年 yǐ chǒu nián

**Starts**
17 February 2045

**Ends**
5 February 2046

**Matches**
Snake, Rooster and Rat; clashes with Goat

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## Say 2045 in Chinese

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

- 二〇四五年 èr líng sì wǔ nián 2045
- 乙丑年 yǐ chǒu nián the 乙丑 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇四五年出生的 wǒ shì èr líng sì wǔ nián chū shēng de I was born in 2045.
- 我属牛 wǒ shǔ niú I'm a Ox.
- 木牛 mù niú Wood Ox

## 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 Ox

- 勤劳 qínláo hard-working
- 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 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.

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

## Questions

### What Chinese zodiac animal is 2045?

2045 is the Year of the Ox, 牛 (niú), from Chinese New Year on 17 February 2045 to 5 February 2046. Its element is Wood, so people born in it are Wood Oxs.

### What if I was born in January or early February 2045?

The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 16 February 2045? You belong to 2044, the Year of the Wood Rat.

### What element is 2045 in the Chinese zodiac?

Wood, 木 (mù). 2045 is 乙丑 (yǐ chǒu) in the sixty-year cycle, a yin Wood year; the Wood Ox comes round once every sixty years.

### How do you say 2045 in Chinese?

Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇四五年 (èr líng sì wǔ nián). “I was born in 2045” is 我是二〇四五年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng sì wǔ nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Ox” is 我属牛 (wǒ shǔ niú).