属狗

屬狗
shǔgǒu
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to be born in the Year of the Dog
  2. 2 (one's zodiac sign is) Dog

Examples

Nǐ shǔ shénme de? Wǒ shǔ gǒu.
What's your zodiac sign? I'm a Dog.
Tā shǔ gǒu, yīnggāi shì yī jiǔ jiǔ sì nián chūshēng de.
He's a Dog, so he must have been born in 1994.
Shǔ gǒu de jīnnián fàn tàisuì.
Those born in the Year of the Dog clash with Taisui this year.

Tips

grammar
+ zodiac animal = 'to be born in the Year of X'. The same pattern works for all twelve: 属鼠, 属牛, 属虎, etc. Question form is 什么的?
culture
Dog years are 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030. Dog-year people are stereotyped as loyal and honest.

Stroke Order

shǔ
gǒu