numbers are only important for what they stand for you, here are some chinese meanings, just for fun

[simplyixia]

I rented from an Asian couple years ago. The unit was 309. My Chinese friend laughed and said “of course they bought a unit with a number like that.” Well, now I know!

[jensteroony]

I worked for a tourism company whose last four digits of the telephone number were 4444. They never booked any Chinese tourists!

[Zozette]

My son was born of 8/8/1980 and turned 8 on the 8/8/88. The local newspaper held a party for all the children turning 8 on that day. 6 children attended and also a man who was turning 88.

[nalokki]

that's exactly why me and my taiwanese boyfriend picked 08/08 to be our anniversary. We didn't have a clear begining of the relationship so we decided to wait a month and then set it as the day we wanted.

both of our cultures "like" this number and as a bonus in mine its about the repetitiveness of the numbers

edit: we broke up lol

[AndrewBarsky]

I live in China.

Some apartment buildings here don’t have a forth floor. Even weirder that some have floors 13a AND 13b to skip 14.

Now my western mind sees not one but TWO unlucky floors when apartment shopping. 😅

[reinflare]

1 is lonely, 3 is life, 13 = lonely life... hmm that is indeed unlucky xD

[anislazim]

In cities in Malaysia we have so many high rise buildings with 3A labelled as the 4th floor… Its confuses a lot of people, mostly children, tourists & out of town locals alike. Its very annoying. 🤭

[lowercase_mouse]

As someone born on the 13th... I will take this to mean i'm better than everyone. Your misfortune is my gain.

[tatercakes]

13 is unlucky and 1 + 3 is 4. Coincidence? I think not! 😂

[RRonco]

SO many Chinese students offered to buy my phone number from me in undergrad, it was a combination of 6s, 8s and 9s.

[yPretzels]

Beginning, Singleness, Duality, Life, Death...what a progression

[dashiell]

My birthday is 8/8 and my first name has 8 letters, and I am quite fortunate seeing as I'm still here😂

[killiansirishbeer]

I remember my Chinese teacher talking about the number once. He told us it's very rude to give someone a watch for their birthday day because "watch" sounds like "death" in Chinese. Meaning you're basically wishing them death on their birthday 😅 Also, some people would pay to have phone numbers, car plate numbers etc

[Deseko]

4 is my number 😂
I've used it all my life (it's got special meaning to me)

When I first heard about the whole death thing, I was thrilled because im a metalhead🤘😆

[catherinelempke]

As someone who lived in Hong Kong, i just want to give you huge ups on including Cantonese in your Chinese lesson. I see you. Thank you. ❤

[P.e.m.a.]

I love Fresh Off the Boat. 😂

Thanks for sharing! 🤩

[DrTHC]

Hey, we skip the thirteenth floor in the US. I never thought about it being a different floor number in other places. That's cool. ✌️

[winterrose]

13 is not an unlucky number for everyone. In Judaism, 13 represents the 13 middos of rachamim, the 13 traits of mercy that G-d has, so it is a very good number in that particular culture. Also, for people who liked baked goods, a baker's dozen is 13.

[MothPetrichor]

when i was on a school trip to China i remember thinking it was super neat that one of the hotels we stayed in skipped the 4th, 13th, and 14th floors for this reason!

[Lillith.]

13 isn't unlucky for me. 13 is great.