<p>There is a Wikipedia article dedicated to this, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture">Numbers in Chinese culture</a>; it states that numbers are divided in two categories, <strong>lucky</strong> and <strong>unlucky</strong> numbers.</p>

<p><strong>Lucky Numbers</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>二, <em>the number 2</em>: There is a saying that states "Good things come in pairs", for this reason many things in China seem to be "presented" in pairs of two, since this is considered a positive number;</p></li>
<li><p>三, <em>the number 3</em>: It's considered lucky because it's similar to the character for "birth", 生.</p></li>
<li><p>五, <em>the number 5</em>: This number is associated with the Five Elements (Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Metal) and also with the Emperor of China; the Tianamen Gate has five arches;</p></li>
<li><p>六, <em>the number 6</em>: The number six pronounced as liù, is similar to the character 流 (liú) which means "to flow". This is considered lucky in business. <strong>Side-note</strong>: I've read elsewhere that objects with this number or with the string with three 6 in a row are considered very lucky, and people will try to buy such things (such as phone numbers). It's stated in this page, <em>"<a href="http://www.pieceabout.com/aid17901/deciphering-the-meaning-of-chinese-numbers.html">Deciphering The Meaning Of Chinese Numbers</a>"</em>;</p></li>
<li><p>七, <em>the number 7</em>: It's a lucky number for relationships.</p></li>
<li><p>八, <em>the number 8</em>: It sounds similar to the word for "prosper" or "wealth" 發 (fā), short for "發財". </p></li>
<li><p>九, <em>the number 9</em>: This number, like 五, was historically associated with the Emperor of China. As it's stated in that article, <em>"before the establishment of the imperial 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.</em>"</p></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Unlucky Numbers</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>四, <em>the number 4</em>: As you said, this number is associated with death, 死 (sǐ). This happens in Japanese as well, by the way, both 四 and 死, can be read as "shi". Following the same logic for the number 6, objects/things with this number are avoided, such as floors... A similar attitude in westerner countries which miss the 13<sup>th</sup> floor, for example.</li>
</ul>

<p>Some numbers that were considered as lucky, can be considered unlucky too:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>五, <em>the number 5</em>: It's also associated to the character 無 (wú) "not". If associated with something bad, it can become positive, such as in the number 54, because it means "not + death". 528, instead might mean "no easy fortune for me".</p></li>
<li><p>六, <em>the number 6</em>: <em>"Six in Cantonese which has a similar pronunciation to that of "lok6" (落, meaning, to drop, fall, or decline)"</em></p></li>
<li><p>七, <em>the number 7</em>: As stated in the article this number <em>"is considered spiritist or ghostly"</em>. However, since the 7<sup>th</sup> day of the month, in the Chinese lunar calendar, is Valentine's Day, this number is not usually associated with bad luck.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I tried to summarize most of the content here, but check the page for more info and other meanings of complex numbers. </p>

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Can someone please explain the down-vote? It'd be helpful, thanks.
Alenanno
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I got the impression that 六 also has applies the meaning of 福 despite there's lack of similarity between their pronunciation...
Trav L
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I think 九 is a very lucky number. See Ciaocibai's answer.
gonnastop
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6 has similar(in Mandarin) or identical(in Cantonese) pronunciation of 祿, which traditionally means the plentiful "salaries" of the officers who work for the emperor. Nowadays it means wealth in general. 福祿壽 means "luck", "wealth" and "longevity".
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Alenanno
<p>This is just a selection based on things I've heard - I'm not sure if these are the concrete meanings, or just what I've heard from friends, but here goes:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>1 - 要 - at least on occasions, for example there is a job website
  called 51job meaning '我要job'</p>
  
  <p>2 - 二 - in the north where I used to live, this commonly means stupid,
  shortened from 二百五 (also meaning stupid)</p>
  
  <p>3 - 生 - 1314 - 一生一世 - meaning one lifetime </p>
  
  <p>4 - 死 - as you said, meaning death</p>
  
  <p>5 - can mean either 我 or 呜呜 (like the noise you make when crying</p>
  
  <p>6 - I've heard one for this in Cantonese meaning happy, but not in
  Mandarin</p>
  
  <p>7 - I don't really know any for seven</p>
  
  <p>8 - either like 发财的发 as you said, or often used to say 拜拜 (88 is often used to mean 拜拜 in chat, although the pronunciation of the character 拜 is not ba1 but bai4.)</p>
  
  <p>9 - 久 - meaning to live a long life</p>
  
  <p>10 - I don't know any for this either. Sorry!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Hope that helps - it's really interesting to know the meaning behind these sort of things.</p>

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6 has a very good meaning from "六六大顺" in mandarin.
fefe
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Interesting, I hadn't heard that one before. Thanks for letting me know :-)
Ciaocibai
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As a matter of fact 6 and 8 are the most liked digits in China. Number plates or telephone numbers with a lot of these two numbers can sell a very good price.
fefe
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I feel that there is a significant amount of internet-culture shown in this post and not all the examples demonstrated traditional believes about the numbers. As you would not include OMG ROFLCOPTER LOL LMAO ROFL in an English dictionary, these examples should not be taken too seriously, as some of them are only specific to teenagers or people that often communicate digitally.
Gapton
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@Gapton - I don't think the question is only around traditional meanings, just any meanings that can be associated with numbers, so hopefully my answer is valid :-)
Ciaocibai
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+1 for 二百五, haha!
Dante WWWW
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@Gapton I _would_ expect [LOL to be in the dictionary](http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/291168).
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Ciaocibai
<p>To add to the other answers (the followings are based on phonetic similarities):</p>

<p>2 - 爱 (ai), love</p>

<p>5 - 我 (wo), I</p>

<p>1 - 你 (ni), you</p>

<p>521 - 我爱你, I love you</p>

<p>1314 - 一生一世, this lifetime and beyond</p>

<p>5211314 - 我爱你一生一世, I love you for this lifetime and beyond</p>

<p>(I've also heard that 4 means 发财 because the 4th note in music - do re mi fa - is fa)</p>

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520 means “I love you”. (Taiwan)
HungYu Chang
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Laguna
<p>To add onto the @laguna's and @thisiseast's answers there are a lot of different ways in sms/cyber chats that you would use numbers in place of what would Examples:</p>

<p><strong>Format:</strong> <code>Numerical value | Chinese Number / Chinese words they mean | Translation</code></p>

<p>56 五六 / 无聊 Bored</p>

<p>5201314 五二零一三一四 / 我爱你一生一世 I love you for a lifetime</p>

<p>8384 八三八四 / 不三不四 Dubious</p>

<p>282 二八二 / 饿不饿 Are you hungrey</p>

<p>530 五三零 / 我想你 I miss you</p>

<p>168 一六八 / 加油吧 Come on (Cheer)</p>

<p>246 二四六 / 饿死了 Staving to death</p>

<p>740 七四零 / 气死你 mad at you</p>

<p>70 七零 / 亲你 Kiss you</p>

<hr>

<p>References:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTW_abinnM" rel="nofollow">How to Speak with Numbers in Chinese</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NTDOffTheGreatWall?feature=watch" rel="nofollow">Off the Great Wall</a></p>

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50-3
<p>To add to Ciaocibai's list:</p>

<p><strong>0-</strong> ling = 你 usually</p>

<p><strong>1-</strong> is also used for sounds like yi and ni</p>

<p>I have seen it used in cases like 521 (我爱你) 520 works as well</p>

<p><strong>6-</strong> = 了</p>

<p><strong>7-</strong> = sounds like qi or qu</p>

<p>17 = 一起 or 你去 depending on context</p>

<p>On a side note:</p>

<p><strong>14</strong> often sounds like 要死 and is a bad number (many buildings will omit the 14th floor for example and have 13A and 13B or directly jump from 13 to 15)</p>

<p>but 14 is also used to sound like 你是 like in 1487 你是白痴 :p</p>

<p>It's impossible to list all the meanings in one answer so I will link you to baidu:</p>

<p><a href="http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=162343070" rel="nofollow">http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=162343070</a></p>

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龚元程
<p>As other have said pretty much, I just want to give the commonly accepted lucky and unlucky numbers in mainland China. (Maybe only in northern China, or Beijing area ..., I don't know. Haven't traveled that much.)</p>

<p>The lucky numbers are 6 and 8.</p>

<p>Meaning of 6 (may) come from "六六大顺(liù liù dà shùn)", which means everything would go smoothly/as expected.</p>

<p>8 has a similar pronunciation as "发(fā)", which has a meaning of making money, becoming rich.</p>

<p>The unlucky number is 4.</p>

<p>4 has a similar pronunciation as "死(sǐ)", which means die/death.</p>

<p>I don't have any special feeling about any other numbers, though they may have some other meanings as mentioned by others. </p>

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fefe
<p>just to tell you something relevant real quick.</p>

<p>2, this is normally considered a way of calling others stupid, silly, foolish, particularly among youngsters.</p>

<p>4, means death, to do with superstitions.</p>

<p>6, means everything is peachy, nothing is currently bad or going to be bad.</p>

<p>8, means to be wealthy.</p>

<p>9, the only thing related to this number I can come up with is somewhat religious.</p>

<p>38, a bad way to call women, similar to the word "bitch" in English. By the way, March eighth is women's day in China.</p>

<p>88, cyber language, it means bye bye.</p>

<p>250, you can consider this the full form of 2. </p>

<p>290, equals 250 + 38 + 2, you figure it out yourself.</p>

<p>520, means I love you(我爱你). 5 sounds similar to 我, 2 sounds similar to 爱, though I have no  idea why 0 stands for 你(you) here.</p>

<p>1314, sounds similar to 一生一世, which means the whole of someone's life.</p>

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<p>Nowadays, only 4 and 8 remain its origin meaning strongly. Other numbers do not have enough emotion. Instead, there is a new brand to translate numbers into words based on its sound like 5(我) 2 (爱) 0（你）1（你、一、要）9（久）7（妻、气、起）. Every number can have many translations to make it fit the usage. So other numbers can either be good or bad based on the usage in modern society.</p>

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<p>In Chinese tradition, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (吉利) or inauspicious (不利) based on the Chinese word that the number name sounds similar to. The numbers 0, 6, 8, and 9 are believed to have auspicious meanings because their names sound similar to words that have positive meanings. The superstitious aspects of this primarily grow out of the Cantonese Culture, but has taken root through other dialects and regional groups of Chinese. Source:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture</a></p>

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<p>250， stands for Foolish.
666666 六六大顺
88888888 发发发
4，本来是不喜欢，因为sounds like death(Si). But,in music,it sounds like do re mi fa,fa=8=发财。</p>

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Nigel Naigang Zhai
<p>15425418 - 你是我儿我是你爸 - you are my son and I'm your dad</p>
<p>3180 - 三1八0 - 王八蛋 - asshole (curse word)</p>

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superggn
<p>From what I understand:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>4 or 四 means death</p></li>
<li><p>8 is similar to 发 as in 发财</p></li>
<li><p>9 is somehow related to the emporer or is the emporer's number</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Can someone please provide the meanings (if they exist) for each of the different numbers 0 - 10?</p>

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Aha, this question reminds me of a song:《数字恋爱》－－范晓萱。Maybe you'll like it. :p
Kjuly
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@Kjuly - Just found this on Youtube ;) Thanks!
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Special meanings applied to numbers 0 - 10
# Special meanings applied to numbers 0 - 10

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-11)

From what I understand:

* 4 or 四 means death
* 8 is similar to 发 as in 发财
* 9 is somehow related to the emporer or is the emporer's number

Can someone please provide the meanings (if they exist) for each of the different numbers 0 - 10?

**Tags:** vocabulary, meaning
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Aha, this question reminds me of a song:《数字恋爱》－－范晓萱。Maybe you'll like it. :p  
> **username_0**: @Kjuly - Just found this on Youtube ;) Thanks!  

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## 11 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-01-11. Score: 11

There is a Wikipedia article dedicated to this, [Numbers in Chinese culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture); it states that numbers are divided in two categories, **lucky** and **unlucky** numbers.

**Lucky Numbers**:

* 二, *the number 2*: There is a saying that states "Good things come in pairs", for this reason many things in China seem to be "presented" in pairs of two, since this is considered a positive number;
* 三, *the number 3*: It's considered lucky because it's similar to the character for "birth", 生.
* 五, *the number 5*: This number is associated with the Five Elements (Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Metal) and also with the Emperor of China; the Tianamen Gate has five arches;
* 六, *the number 6*: The number six pronounced as liù, is similar to the character 流 (liú) which means "to flow". This is considered lucky in business. **Side-note**: I've read elsewhere that objects with this number or with the string with three 6 in a row are considered very lucky, and people will try to buy such things (such as phone numbers). It's stated in this page, *"[Deciphering The Meaning Of Chinese Numbers](http://www.pieceabout.com/aid17901/deciphering-the-meaning-of-chinese-numbers.html)"*;
* 七, *the number 7*: It's a lucky number for relationships.
* 八, *the number 8*: It sounds similar to the word for "prosper" or "wealth" 發 (fā), short for "發財".
* 九, *the number 9*: This number, like 五, was historically associated with the Emperor of China. As it's stated in that article, *"before the establishment of the imperial 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.*"

**Unlucky Numbers**:

* 四, *the number 4*: As you said, this number is associated with death, 死 (sǐ). This happens in Japanese as well, by the way, both 四 and 死, can be read as "shi". Following the same logic for the number 6, objects/things with this number are avoided, such as floors... A similar attitude in westerner countries which miss the 13th floor, for example.

Some numbers that were considered as lucky, can be considered unlucky too:

* 五, *the number 5*: It's also associated to the character 無 (wú) "not". If associated with something bad, it can become positive, such as in the number 54, because it means "not + death". 528, instead might mean "no easy fortune for me".
* 六, *the number 6*: *"Six in Cantonese which has a similar pronunciation to that of "lok6" (落, meaning, to drop, fall, or decline)"*
* 七, *the number 7*: As stated in the article this number *"is considered spiritist or ghostly"*. However, since the 7th day of the month, in the Chinese lunar calendar, is Valentine's Day, this number is not usually associated with bad luck.

I tried to summarize most of the content here, but check the page for more info and other meanings of complex numbers.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Can someone please explain the down-vote? It'd be helpful, thanks.  
> **username_3**: I got the impression that 六 also has applies the meaning of 福 despite there's lack of similarity between their pronunciation...  
> **username_4**: I think 九 is a very lucky number. See Ciaocibai's answer.  
> **username_5**: 6 has similar(in Mandarin) or identical(in Cantonese) pronunciation of 祿, which traditionally means the plentiful "salaries" of the officers who work for the emperor. Nowadays it means wealth in general. 福祿壽 means "luck", "wealth" and "longevity".  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2012-01-11. Score: 9

This is just a selection based on things I've heard - I'm not sure if these are the concrete meanings, or just what I've heard from friends, but here goes:

> 1 - 要 - at least on occasions, for example there is a job website
> called 51job meaning '我要job'
>
> 2 - 二 - in the north where I used to live, this commonly means stupid,
> shortened from 二百五 (also meaning stupid)
>
> 3 - 生 - 1314 - 一生一世 - meaning one lifetime
>
> 4 - 死 - as you said, meaning death
>
> 5 - can mean either 我 or 呜呜 (like the noise you make when crying
>
> 6 - I've heard one for this in Cantonese meaning happy, but not in
> Mandarin
>
> 7 - I don't really know any for seven
>
> 8 - either like 发财的发 as you said, or often used to say 拜拜 (88 is often used to mean 拜拜 in chat, although the pronunciation of the character 拜 is not ba1 but bai4.)
>
> 9 - 久 - meaning to live a long life
>
> 10 - I don't know any for this either. Sorry!

Hope that helps - it's really interesting to know the meaning behind these sort of things.

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: 6 has a very good meaning from "六六大顺" in mandarin.  
> **username_6**: Interesting, I hadn't heard that one before. Thanks for letting me know :-)  
> **username_7**: As a matter of fact 6 and 8 are the most liked digits in China. Number plates or telephone numbers with a lot of these two numbers can sell a very good price.  
> **username_5**: I feel that there is a significant amount of internet-culture shown in this post and not all the examples demonstrated traditional believes about the numbers. As you would not include OMG ROFLCOPTER LOL LMAO ROFL in an English dictionary, these examples should not be taken too seriously, as some of them are only specific to teenagers or people that often communicate digitally.  
> **username_6**: @Gapton - I don't think the question is only around traditional meanings, just any meanings that can be associated with numbers, so hopefully my answer is valid :-)  
> **username_8**: +1 for 二百五, haha!  
> **username_9**: @Gapton I _would_ expect [LOL to be in the dictionary](http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/291168).  

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### Answer by username_10 on 2012-01-11. Score: 4

To add to the other answers (the followings are based on phonetic similarities):

2 - 爱 (ai), love

5 - 我 (wo), I

1 - 你 (ni), you

521 - 我爱你, I love you

1314 - 一生一世, this lifetime and beyond

5211314 - 我爱你一生一世, I love you for this lifetime and beyond

(I've also heard that 4 means 发财 because the 4th note in music - do re mi fa - is fa)

> **Comments:**
> **username_11**: 520 means “I love you”. (Taiwan)  

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### Answer by username_12 on 2013-10-16. Score: 3

To add onto the @laguna's and @thisiseast's answers there are a lot of different ways in sms/cyber chats that you would use numbers in place of what would Examples:

**Format:** `Numerical value | Chinese Number / Chinese words they mean | Translation`

56 五六 / 无聊 Bored

5201314 五二零一三一四 / 我爱你一生一世 I love you for a lifetime

8384 八三八四 / 不三不四 Dubious

282 二八二 / 饿不饿 Are you hungrey

530 五三零 / 我想你 I miss you

168 一六八 / 加油吧 Come on (Cheer)

246 二四六 / 饿死了 Staving to death

740 七四零 / 气死你 mad at you

70 七零 / 亲你 Kiss you

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References:

[How to Speak with Numbers in Chinese](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFTW_abinnM) - [Off the Great Wall](http://www.youtube.com/user/NTDOffTheGreatWall?feature=watch)


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### Answer by username_13 on 2012-01-11. Score: 2

To add to Ciaocibai's list:

**0-** ling = 你 usually

**1-** is also used for sounds like yi and ni

I have seen it used in cases like 521 (我爱你) 520 works as well

**6-** = 了

**7-** = sounds like qi or qu

17 = 一起 or 你去 depending on context

On a side note:

**14** often sounds like 要死 and is a bad number (many buildings will omit the 14th floor for example and have 13A and 13B or directly jump from 13 to 15)

but 14 is also used to sound like 你是 like in 1487 你是白痴 :p

It's impossible to list all the meanings in one answer so I will link you to baidu:

<http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=162343070>


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### Answer by username_7 on 2012-01-12. Score: 1

As other have said pretty much, I just want to give the commonly accepted lucky and unlucky numbers in mainland China. (Maybe only in northern China, or Beijing area ..., I don't know. Haven't traveled that much.)

The lucky numbers are 6 and 8.

Meaning of 6 (may) come from "六六大顺(liù liù dà shùn)", which means everything would go smoothly/as expected.

8 has a similar pronunciation as "发(fā)", which has a meaning of making money, becoming rich.

The unlucky number is 4.

4 has a similar pronunciation as "死(sǐ)", which means die/death.

I don't have any special feeling about any other numbers, though they may have some other meanings as mentioned by others.


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### Answer by username_14 on 2013-10-15. Score: 1

just to tell you something relevant real quick.

2, this is normally considered a way of calling others stupid, silly, foolish, particularly among youngsters.

4, means death, to do with superstitions.

6, means everything is peachy, nothing is currently bad or going to be bad.

8, means to be wealthy.

9, the only thing related to this number I can come up with is somewhat religious.

38, a bad way to call women, similar to the word "bitch" in English. By the way, March eighth is women's day in China.

88, cyber language, it means bye bye.

250, you can consider this the full form of 2.

290, equals 250 + 38 + 2, you figure it out yourself.

520, means I love you(我爱你). 5 sounds similar to 我, 2 sounds similar to 爱, though I have no idea why 0 stands for 你(you) here.

1314, sounds similar to 一生一世, which means the whole of someone's life.


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### Answer by username_15 on 2022-10-16. Score: 0

Nowadays, only 4 and 8 remain its origin meaning strongly. Other numbers do not have enough emotion. Instead, there is a new brand to translate numbers into words based on its sound like 5(我) 2 (爱) 0（你）1（你、一、要）9（久）7（妻、气、起）. Every number can have many translations to make it fit the usage. So other numbers can either be good or bad based on the usage in modern society.


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### Answer by username_16 on 2015-10-08. Score: 0

In Chinese tradition, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (吉利) or inauspicious (不利) based on the Chinese word that the number name sounds similar to. The numbers 0, 6, 8, and 9 are believed to have auspicious meanings because their names sound similar to words that have positive meanings. The superstitious aspects of this primarily grow out of the Cantonese Culture, but has taken root through other dialects and regional groups of Chinese. Source:<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture>


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### Answer by username_17 on 2017-08-30. Score: 0

250， stands for Foolish.
666666 六六大顺
88888888 发发发
4，本来是不喜欢，因为sounds like death(Si). But,in music,it sounds like do re mi fa,fa=8=发财。


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### Answer by username_18 on 2022-10-14. Score: 0

15425418 - 你是我儿我是你爸 - you are my son and I'm your dad

3180 - 三1八0 - 王八蛋 - asshole (curse word)


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