Question

Numbers were important to the ancient Chinese. They often used lucky numbers in their buildings and designs, while avoiding unlucky numbers.

The number two is lucky. A Chinese saying goes, "Good things come in pairs." The number three is considered lucky because it sounds like the Chinese word for "birth". Six, pronounced as "liu" in Chinese, means "everything goes smoothly". Eight is considered the luckiest number because the word for eight in Chinese sounds similar to the word "fd,, which means to make a lot of money, so all businessmen like it very much. Moreover, in some areas of China, people prefer to pay for a telephone number with 8 in it. The number nine is lucky because it sounds like the word for "long life". The rulers in ancient China wore nine-dragon clothes.

The number four is unlucky because it sounds like the word for "death". It is still avoided today in China. People avoid the number "four" for their phone numbers and addresses. Many buildings skip (跳過)all the floors with the number in them including 4， 14, and 24. Some high building won't even have the floors 40-49. The number fourteen is very unlucky because it sounds like "want to die" in Chinese.

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Numbers in China
	What	Why
Lucky numbers	Two	Good things come in(81)      .
	Three	It sounds like the Chinese word for "(82)      ".
	(83)	It means "(84)       goes smoothly".
	Eight	It means   "making a lot of(85)               ". Some people even pay for a (86)                 number with 8 in it.
	Nine	It sounds like the word for "long(87)       ".
(88)       numbers	Four,   fourteen, twenty-four...	They sound   like the word for "(89)       ，， and are             by people.

Answer 1

 81. pairs        82. birth

83. Six       84. everything

85. money      86. telephone

87. life       88. Unlucky

89. death      90. avoided