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In Chinese, numbers sound like words: 8 is 发 "prosper", 4 is 死 "death", and 520 means 我爱你 "I love you". Check your phone number, car plate, price or wedding date in seconds.
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Luck is serious business in the Chinese-speaking world
Hong Kong's car plate "28" (易发, "easy prosperity") sold for HK$18.1 million. Sichuan Airlines paid ¥2.33 million for a phone number ending 8888-8888. The Beijing Olympics opened at 8:08 pm on 08/08/08.
With 40–60 million overseas Chinese and a growing number of Chinese-speaking customers worldwide, a single digit can lift or sink a price, a product launch or an apartment sale.
Read the complete guide| Number | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 发 fā | Prosperity: the luckiest digit |
| 6 | 溜 / 顺 | Smooth, everything goes well |
| 9 | 久 jiǔ | Long-lasting, eternal |
| 2 | 易 / 双 | Easy; good things come in pairs |
| 4 | 死 sǐ | Death: widely avoided |
| 250 | 二百五 | "Idiot": never gift ¥250 |
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