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Culture of numbers

168. 888. 99. 99999. 1314. Culture of numbers. 9. 66. 520. 999. 88888. 8.

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Culture of numbers

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  1. 168 888 99 99999 1314 Culture of numbers 9 66 520 999 88888

  2. 8 • The word for “eight” (八 Pinyin: bā) sounds similar to the word which means “prosper” or “wealth” (发– short for “发财", Pinyin: fā). In regional dialects the words for "eight" and "fortune" are also similar, e.g. Cantonese "baat3" and "faat3".

  3. The number 8 is viewed as such an auspicious number that even being assigned a number with several eights is considered very lucky. • A telephone number with all digits being eights was sold for USD$270,723 in Chengdu, China. • The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 8/8/08 at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm local time (UTC+08).[2] • A man in Hangzhou offered to sell his license plate reading A88888 for RMB 1.12 million (roughly USD164,000).[2]

  4. Singapore Airlines reserves flight numbers beginning with the number 8 to routes in China and Korea. In Singapore, a breeder of rare Dragon fish (Asian Arowana) (which are "lucky fish" and being a rare species, are required to be microchipped), makes sure to use numbers with plenty of eights in their microchip tag numbers, and appears to reserve particular numbers especially rich in eights and sixes (e.g. 702088880006688) for particularly valuable specimens.[3][4]

  5. There is also a visual resemblance between two digits, "88", and 囍, the "shuāngxĭ" ('double joy'), a popular decorative design composed of two stylized characters 喜 ("xĭ" meaning 'joy' or 'happiness'). • The Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia each have 88 Floors. • The Air Canada route from Shanghai to Toronto is Flight AC88. • The KLM route from Hong Kong to Amsterdam is Flight KL888. • The United Airlines route from San Francisco to Beijing is Flight UA888. • The Air Astana route from Beijing to Almaty is Flight KC888.

  6. An "auspicious" numbering system was adopted by the developers of 39 Conduit Road Hong Kong, where the top floor was "88" – Chinese for double fortune. the floor number which follows 68 is 88.[

  7. As part of grand opening promotions, a Commerce Bank branch in New York's Chinatown raffled off safety deposit box No. 888. • The switchboard telephone number of the Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse in London is +44 (0)207 8888888, where 44 is the country code for the UK and 0207 is the city code for central London. Credit Suisse has been rapidly expanding its business in investment banking, private wealth and other financial services in Asia in recent years.

  8. 9 九 • The number 9 (九, Pinyin: jiŭ, jyutping: gau2), was historically associated with the Emperor of China, and the number was frequently used in matters relating to the Emperor, before the establishment of the theimperial examinations officials were organized in the nine-rank system, the nine bestowments were rewards the Emperor made for officials of extraordinary capacity and loyalty, while the nine familial exterminations was one of the harshest punishments the Emperor sentenced; the Emperor's robes often had nine dragons, and Chinese mythology held that the dragon has nine children. It also symbolizes harmony.

  9. Moreover, the number 9 is a homophone of the word for "longlasting" (久), and as such is often used in weddings. • Some Chinese today believe that nine is lucky (or believed by others to be lucky) because it is the largest single-digit (Arabic) number. However, this does not derive from any Chinese tradition, as the largest single-digit Chinese number is ten (十).

  10. 6 六 • The number 6 (六, Pinyin: liù) in Mandarin is pronounced the same as "liu" (溜, Pinyin: liù) and similar to "fluid" (流, Pinyin: liú) and is therefore considered good for business. The number 6 also represents happiness. In Cantonese, this number is a homophone for blessings (祿 Lok). In I-Ching, the number 6 stands for "yin".

  11. Unlucky numbers4 四 • Number 4 (四; accounting 肆; pinyinsì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese because it is nearly homophonous to the word "death" (死 pinyinsǐ). Due to that, many numbered product lines skip the "4":

  12. Number 14 is considered to be one of the unluckiest numbers. • Although 14 is usually said in Mandarin as 十四 "shísì," which sounds like 十死 "ten die", it can also be said as 一四 "yīsì" or 么四 "yāosì", literally "one four". Thus, 14 can also be said as "yāosì," literally "one four," but it also sounds like "want to die" (要死 pinyinyàosǐ).

  13. In Cantonese, 14 sounds like "sap6 sei3", which sounds like "sat6 sei2" meaning "certainly die" (實死). It is already common in Hong Kong for ~4th floors not to exist; there is no requirement by the Buildings Department for numbering other than that it being "made in a logical order."[5] A total of 43 intermediate floor numbers are omitted from 39 Conduit Road: those missing include 14, 24, 34, 54, 64, all floors between 40 and 49;

  14. Not all Chinese people consider it to be an unlucky number as the pronunciation differs among the various dialects. In Chiu Chow, 4 is pronounced as "see" or "yes". It is seen to be a lucky number because Chinese people like things in pairs (four would equal two pairs).

  15. combination • 168 "一六八"means "fortune all the way”. • 520 means I love you. • 1314 means the whole life time. • 5201314….

  16. In Mandarin, 250 can mean "imbecile" if read in a certain way. 二百五 (èrbǎiwǔ), while literally being a correct way of reading 250 in informal speaking, is usually used to insult someone the speaker considers extremely foolish.

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