Metal Tiger (Chinese:庚寅;pinyin:gēngyín) is the 27th combination of the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese zodiac. It is preceded by Earth Ox and followed by Metal Rabbit. In the traditional correspondence of the Heavenly Stems with the Five Phases, gēng (庚) represents yang and Metal, while the Earthly Branch yín (寅) corresponds to the Tiger zodiac.

Gregorian calendar years

A year of the Metal Tiger occurs every 60 years according to the following table:

Associated years
1st millennium2nd millennium3rd millennium4th millennium
30 90 150 210 270 330 390 450 510 570 630 690 750 810 870 930 9901050 1110 1170 1230 1290 1350 1410 1470 1530 1590 1650 1710 1770 1830 1890 19502010 2070 2130 2190 2250 2310 2370 2430 2490 2550 2610 2670 2730 2790 2850 2910 29703030 3090 3150 3210 3270 3330 3390 3450 3510 3570 3630 3690 3750 3810 3870 3930 3990