Twelve Animals of the Year | 十二生肖

In Chinese culture, the twelve animals of the years are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig.

中國文化中有十二生肖,分別是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龍、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬。

Each year has a representative animal. They appear one at a time in the order stated above. For example, the animal of 2018 is dog; the animal of 2019 is pig; the animal in 2020 is rat, and so on.

每年的生肖都不同,並按照以上次序輪迴。比如 2018 年的生肖是狗;2019 年的生肖是豬;2020 年的生肖是鼠,如此類推。

Born in Hong Kong and speaks native Hong Kong Cantonese, I teach young children in North America the Cantonese language and how to write traditional Chinese Characters. When you learn a language, you learn to listen, speak, read, and write, you also learn about the culture and history associated with it.