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minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOnly in Western cultures. In East Asia, it’s 4.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoIn China, it’s 8 due to the number sounding like the Mandarin word for death
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoIn my understanding, 4 sounds like the word for death and 8 sounds like the word for wealth, so 8 is considered lucky. But I don’t speak any version of Chinese, and could very well be wrong.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoThey have a different calendar too, no?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoNope, theirs is also the same. Just another same than ours.
Only in Western cultures. In East Asia, it’s 4.
In China, it’s 8 due to the number sounding like the Mandarin word for death
In my understanding, 4 sounds like the word for death and 8 sounds like the word for wealth, so 8 is considered lucky.
But I don’t speak any version of Chinese, and could very well be wrong.
They have a different calendar too, no?
Nope, theirs is also the same. Just another same than ours.