The number 5 (五wŭ) is associated with the five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and metal) in Chinese philosophy, and in turn was historically associated with the Emperor of China. For example, the Tiananmen gate, being the main thoroughfare to the Forbidden City, has five arches. It is also referred to as the pronoun "I"[citation needed], as the pronunciations of"I" (我wŏ, or 吾wú) and 5 are similar in Mandarin.
Category: Traditional Chinese Festivals
中国数字 Four四
The number 4 is omitted in some Chinese buildings.Number 4 (四/肆; sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese because it is nearly homophonous to the word "death" (死sǐ). Due to that, many numbered product lines skip the "4": e.g., Nokia cell phones (before the Lumia 640, there is no series containing a 4 in the name), Palm PDAs, Canon PowerShot G’s series (after G3 goes G5), etc. In East Asia, some buildings do not have a 4th floor. (Compare with the Western practice of some buildings not having a 13th floor because 13 is considered unlucky.)
Chinese Numerals汉语数字
Chinese numerals(汉语数字hànyǔ shùzì) are words and characters used to denote numbers in Chinese.
Lucky Number(2)
FiveThe number 5 (五wŭ) is associated with the five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and metal) in Chinese philosophy, and in turn was historically associated with the Emperor of China. For example, the Tiananmen gate, being the main thoroughfare to the Forbidden City, has five arches. It is also referred to as the pronoun "I", as the pronunciations of"I" (我wŏ or 吾wú) and 5 are similar in Mandarin. In Cantonese, this word has the same pronunciation as the character 唔and means "not", pronounces (m̀h). This word has the same meaning and use as the word 不an therefore is usually negative.
Lucky Number(1)
ZeroThe Number 0 (零líng) is a whole number and it is also an even number for the money ends with 0.
Combinations with Chinese Number(2)
7456: In Mandarin, 7456 (七四五六qī sì wǔ liù) sounds marginally like "氣死我了" (qì sǐ wǒ le, "to make me angry," "to piss me off"), and is sometimes used in internet slang.
Combinations with Chinese Number(1)
28, 38: As eight means prosperity, twenty eight equates to ‘double prosperity’, though most Chinese people will typically just read this as "easy to have luck", 38 being one of the luckiest, often referred to as ‘triple prosperity’ though most Chinese people might just read this as "you will grow to success."
活字印刷 Movable-type Printing
Ruan Tongmin, the director of the specialist house was connected with the ancient craft since more than two decades ago.
麋鹿 Milu
More than 4000 years ago, the King Zhou of Shang ruled the land but people were not satisfied with him and prepared for an insurrection.
土司遗址 Tusi Heritage Sites
Related News: Tusi sites — the remains of an ancient political system adopted by Chinese emperors to govern ethnic minority regions in south-central and southwest China — were inscribed in the World Heritage List on July 4th.