属牛

屬牛
shǔniú
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

Wǒ shǔ niú, jīnnián běnmìngnián.
I was born in the year of the Ox — this is my zodiac year.
Tā bǐ wǒ dà yí suì, shǔ niú.
He's one year older than me, year of the Ox.
Shǔ niú de rén jùshuō hěn qínfèn.
People born in the year of the Ox are said to be hardworking.

Tips

grammar
+ animal is the fixed pattern for asking/stating zodiac: 什么?('What's your zodiac?'). Do not use ('' 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