{"id":18344,"date":"2020-02-23T03:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T03:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/number-8-and-other-lucky-numbers\/"},"modified":"2020-02-23T03:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T03:23:07","slug":"number-8-and-other-lucky-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/number-8-and-other-lucky-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Number 8 and Other &#8220;Lucky&#8221; Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \tIn Chinese culture, certain numbers are considered &quot;lucky&quot; because their pronunciations sound similar to words that have &quot;lucky&quot; meanings.<\/p>\n<p>  \tLucky numbers are very important in Chinese culture. People select lucky numbers when choosing residences, telephone numbers, business addresses, wedding dates, festivals and other celebratory events.<\/p>\n<p>  \tNumber 8 indicates prosperity, Wealth, success or social status.<br \/>  \tNumber 8 sounds similar to the word &quot;Fa&quot; in Cantonese. &quot;Fa&quot; can mean prosperity, wealth, success, or social status. One example of its use was the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony held on August 8, 2008 (8\/8\/08), at 8:08 pm.<\/p>\n<p>  \tEven numbers are preferred over odd numbers.<br \/>  \tChinese believe in harmony and balance. Therefore, even numbers are preferred over odd numbers. Number 2 represents harmony, and number 6 success. The pronunciation of number 9 sounds similar to the word for permanence.<\/p>\n<p>  \tLucky numbers in business.<br \/>  \tLucky numbers are also extremely important in Hong Kong. In this industrial and commercial city, competition is fierce and merchants vie for success. Often, they will select &quot;lucky&quot; days to celebrate grand openings or sign contracts. If the day has an 8, it is believed to bring luck. If the day has a 9, the business will have permanence. If the day has a 6, the venture will be successful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-3433215346\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chinese culture, certain numbers are considered &quot;lucky&quot; because their pronunciations sound similar to words that have &quot;lucky&quot; meanings.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2875],"tags":[44,118,114],"class_list":["post-18344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-customs","tag-chinese-culture","tag-culture","tag-pronunciation"],"views":202,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}