Astrological Signs in Chinese
In China the Chinese zodiac is the most famous, but many young people are also interested in the astrological signs as well, so it can be a good topic of conversation when you are making new Chinese friends.
In this blog, we will learn how to ask for someone’s astrological sign in Chinese, and also how to say all 12 signs.
An astrological sign in Chinese is called 星座, so you can ask your friend’s sign like this:
If they don’t know their sign, you can ask when their birthday is and inform them of their sign.
And here’s how to say the 12 astrological signs in Chinese.
- Capricorn
- mó jié zuò 摩羯座
- Aquarius
- shuǐ píng zuò 水瓶座
- Pisces
- shuāng yú zuò 双鱼座
- Aries
- bái yáng zuò 白羊座
- Taurus
- jīn niú zuò 金牛座
- Gemini
- shuāng zǐ zuò 双子座
- Cancer
- jù xiè zuò 巨蟹座
- Leo
- shī zi zuò 狮子座
- Virgo
- chǔ nǚ zuò 处女座
- Libra
- tiān chèng zuò 天秤座
- Scorpio
- tiān xiē zuò 天蝎座
- Sagittarius
- shè shǒu zuò 射手座
Now that you know how to say your sign, when someone asks you 你是什么星座的？You can reply 我是 + sign + 的. For example:
Chinese people also like to look up how well two signs match. In Chinese, to match is called 配对, so you can express yourself like this:
- constellation
- yùn shì 运势
- love constellation
- ài qíng yùn 爱情运
- work constellation
- gōng zuò yùn 工作运
- lucky color
- xìng yùn yán sè 幸运颜色
- lucky number
- xìng yùn shù zì 幸运数字
- lucky crystal
- xìng yùn shuǐ jīng 幸运水晶
Now you can talk about astrological signs with your friends in Chinese, and I’m sure they will love it!
If you want to learn to speak even more Chinese you can practice here.
This is the accompanying blog post for our intermediate lesson “What’s your Sign“.
