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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago13 is a unlucky superstition number.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOnly in Western cultures. In East Asia, it’s 4.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey have a different calendar too, no?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNope, theirs is also the same. Just another same than ours.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIn China, it’s 8 due to the number sounding like the Mandarin word for death
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn my understanding, 4 sounds like the word for death and 8 sounds like the word for wealth, so 8 is considered lucky. But I don’t speak any version of Chinese, and could very well be wrong.
13 is a unlucky superstition number.
Only in Western cultures. In East Asia, it’s 4.
They have a different calendar too, no?
Nope, theirs is also the same. Just another same than ours.
In China, it’s 8 due to the number sounding like the Mandarin word for death
In my understanding, 4 sounds like the word for death and 8 sounds like the word for wealth, so 8 is considered lucky.
But I don’t speak any version of Chinese, and could very well be wrong.