Zodiac animals

Below are the animals which make up the Chinese zodiac, twelve in all, as well as the next year when it will be their year. For more animals, see the other animals page in the Themes section.

鼠	shǔ	rat - 2029	牛	niú	ox - 2030
虎	hǔ	tiger - 2031	兔	tù	rabbit - 2032
龙	lóng	dragon - 2033	蛇	shé	snake - 2034
马	mǎ	horse - 2035	羊	yáng	goat - 2024
猴	hóu	monkey - 2025	鸡	jī	rooster - 2026
狗	gǒu	dog - 2027	猪	zhū	pig - 2028

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HSK

Find out more about the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) in this dedicated HSK section. Here you can learn about:

HSK characters - all the characters used in the six levels of the HSK test
HSK words (by level) - a complete list of all the words in the HSK test
other information about the HSK test

Study

Find out more about the Chinese language in the study section, including:

radicals - information on Chinese radicals, including the Kangxi radicals
pinyin - the romanisation of the Chinese language

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