Cultural taboos in China (II)

7. Never offer cash amounts in odd numbers – for example, 17, 133 etc. – when giving red packets.

Amounts should always involve even numbers. The most auspicious are those that end in 8 for example 128, 98, 288 RMB, because the word for "eight" (八) sounds similar to the word "Fa" (发), which means to make a fortune.

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