属龙 (shǔlóng): to be born in the Year of the D…

Meanings

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

Characters

属

shǔ

to belong to / born under

龙

lóng

dragon

Examples

我属龙的,今年本命年。

Wǒ shǔ lóng de, jīnnián běnmìngnián.

I'm a Dragon — this is my zodiac year.

听说属龙的孩子生得多,龙年出生率总是飙升。

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 (龙) 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: '你属什么的?'