属龙

屬龍
shǔlóng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to be born in the Year of the Dragon
  2. 2 to be a Dragon (Chinese zodiac)

Examples

Wǒ shǔ lóng de, jīnnián běnmìngnián.
I'm a Dragon — this is my zodiac year.
Tīngshuō shǔ lóng de háizi shēng de duō, Lóng Nián chūshēnglǜ zǒngshì biāoshēng.
They say Dragon babies are popular — the birth rate always spikes in a Dragon year.

Tips

culture
Dragon () is the most auspicious of the twelve zodiac animals (十二生肖) and the only mythical one. Couples often time pregnancies to hit a Dragon year, causing measurable demographic bumps (e.g. 2000, 2012, 2024). Polite small-talk opener among Chinese: '什么的?'

Stroke Order

shǔ
lóng