2048: Year of the Earth Dragon
2048 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 , an Earth year. It starts at Chinese New Year on 14 February 2048 and runs to 1 February 2049. Born from 1 January to 13 February 2048? You are a Rabbit, 2047.
2048 in the Chinese zodiac
龙
Earth Dragon
- Animal
- 龙 Dragon
- Element
- 土 Earth, yang
- Cycle name
- 戊辰年
- Starts
- 14 February 2048
- Ends
- 1 February 2049
- Matches
- Monkey, Rat and Rooster; clashes with Dog
Say 2048 in Chinese
A year is read digit by digit, then 年 : no “nineteen eighty-three”.
- 二〇四八年 2048
- 戊辰年 the 戊辰 year, its name in the sixty-year cycle
- 我是二〇四八年出生的 I was born in 2048.
- 我属龙 I'm a Dragon.
- 土龙 Earth Dragon
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 Dragon
- 有活力 full of energy
- 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 Dragon, 龙
The Dragon is the only one of the twelve that isn’t real, and the luckiest: emperors wore it, and many families hope for a Dragon baby. People born in a Dragon year are said to be ambitious, energetic and charismatic, people who think big.
Questions
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2048?
2048 is the Year of the Dragon, 龙 (lóng), from Chinese New Year on 14 February 2048 to 1 February 2049. Its element is Earth, so people born in it are Earth Dragons.
What if I was born in January or early February 2048?
The zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January. Born from 1 January to 13 February 2048? You belong to 2047, the Year of the Fire Rabbit.
What element is 2048 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, 土 (tǔ). 2048 is 戊辰 (wù chén) in the sixty-year cycle, a yang Earth year; the Earth Dragon comes round once every sixty years.
How do you say 2048 in Chinese?
Read the digits one by one and add 年 (nián, year): 二〇四八年 (èr líng sì bā nián). “I was born in 2048” is 我是二〇四八年出生的 (wǒ shì èr líng sì bā nián chū shēng de), and “I'm a Dragon” is 我属龙 (wǒ shǔ lóng).