" 12 Chinese Signs/ Zodiac "

In several East Asian countries including China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia, as well as in other Asian countries like Vietnam, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand  , Chinese Signs/Chinese Zodiac is popular   . Sometimes your friend or your teacher can ask you , what's your chinese signs ? In my country , we call it " Shio " .   Have you heard about " Shio ? ''





Shio is a classification scheme that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. 


虎hǔ
( n. )tiger
兔tù
( n. )rabbit
( adj. )hare-lipped
龙lóng
( n. )dragon / imperial / dinosaur
蛇shé
( n. )snake / serpent
马mǎ
( n. )horse
羊yáng
( n. )sheep
猴hóu
( n. )monkey
鸡jī
( n. )chicken / fowl
狗gǒu
( n. )dog
猪zhū
( n. )hog / pig / swine
鼠shǔ
( n. )rat / mouse
牛niú
( n. )ox / cow / bull


what is your chinese zodiac ? 你属什么 
Nǐ shǔ shénme