属牛

屬牛
shǔniú
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to be born in the year of the Ox (zodiac)

Examples

HSK 1
Tā bǐ wǒ dà yí suì, shǔniú.
He's one year older than me, year of the Ox.
HSK 5
Shǔniú de rén jùshuō hěn qínfèn.
People born in the year of the Ox are said to be hardworking.
HSK 6
Wǒ shǔniú, jīnnián běnmìngnián.
I was born in the year of the Ox - this is my zodiac year.

Tips

grammar
+ animal is the fixed pattern for asking/stating zodiac: 你属什么? ('What's your zodiac?'). Do not use ('我是牛' would mean 'I am a cow'). here is shǔ ('to belong to'), not shǔ ('to count').
culture
The twelve zodiac animals (生肖) cycle with the lunar new year. Ox years in recent memory: 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033.

Stroke Order

shǔ
niú