Forum trends: China's number superstitions
Updated: 2014-05-14 12:53 (bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)1 - One (Yī)
Number one is a neutral number and doesn't have any special meaning. But because in the Chinese language there are so many words with a similar pronunciation with "Yī", to avoid ambiguity, Chinese often pronounce number 1 (One) as "Yāo" (幺) which has the same meaning, "One". Because the sound "Yāo" (幺) is similar with "Yào" (要) which means "want to / going to", so number one is often associated with the word "Yào" (要).
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