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Thanks for the culture lesson. Very interesting that such disparate
concepts such as numbers and death evolved to similar sounding
words. Kind of creepy... Do the characters for them have similar
structures as well?<br>
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As for your house being the 7th, that's often a lucky number over
here. So, you're good either way. Enjoy!<br>
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Greg<br>
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Numerology and pronunciation.
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<div class="">The number 4 (pronounced like ’say’ in cantonese -
the dialect we speak in Hong Kong) sounds similar to ‘death’. It
is considered unlucky and generally avoided. While you may not
have a 13th floor in western cultures, in China the floor
numbers in apartment blocks generally go 1, 2, 3, 5, …, 12, 13,
15, …</div>
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<div class="">In contrast, Chinese people love the number 8
(pronounced ‘baat' in cantonese) as it is similar to ‘luck'
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<div class="">I live in house #8 in my housing estate, which is
considered good luck. However, as we don’t have a house #4, I
guess my place is really the seventh, and house #9 should be
considered the lucky one - but we don’t think too much about
that. We do have a house #13.</div>
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<div class="">In cantonese, the one I hate is 14 (pronounced 'sup
say'), which sounds almost the same as 'water death'. We can
never stop after swimming 14 laps in a pool - always have to
stop at 13 or go on to 15.</div>
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<div class="">The Cantonese and Mandarin dialects of Chinese have
different pronunciations, but the numbers 4 and 8 are generally
treated unlucky and lucky universally out here.</div>
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<div class="">Regards, Mark.</div>
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curious about other cultures... What is the
superstition, or would it be a problem to discuss for
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