Forum trends: China's number superstitions
Updated: 2014-05-14 12:53 (bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)4 - Four (Sì)
Number four is considered an unlucky number and was hated by many because the sound is similar to 死 (Sì) which means "Death". Chinese people will try to avoid this number in so many ways, for example, don't get confused if you found out that the "Fourth Floor" of any building (shopping mall, apartment, or office) is "missing" because Chinese often label the Third Floor as 3A and Fourth Floor as 3B.
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