The news said the Civil Affair Offices in Shanghai are expecting long queues for registration of marriage on 9th September this year again like last year 8th August. Why?
9th September 2009 - 2009 9.9
In Chinese, the numbers are pronounced similar with the words Love you forever! (2 = AI, means love, 9= JIU, means forever, count how many 9s in this date. Three!)
The same for 8th August 2008 which is 2008 8.8, eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture as eight is pronunced in Cantonese similar with the Chinese word ‘Fa’, which means making fortune.
Chinese are very into those number meaningful things. General rules:
8: making fortune
9: forever
2: love
0: you
5: I
6: going well
4: death/dead
7: angry/eat
And those single digits can be combined to make some interesting sentences:
520: I Love You
1314: for life long time
5201314: I love you for life long time
A hotline in Shanghai to help book a restaurant: 57575777. Got it, I eat, I eat, I eat eat eat!
This is quite popular in young generation especially when they are sending text messages or chatting online.
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I think more meaningful number for Sep. 9, 2009 is 2009.9.9 and 9:09.
I bet many ready-to-marry couple will compete this exact point of time on that date to register.
I saw news report some couple will have marriage ceremony starting from 2009.9.9 plus 9:09.09. That’s so many cool 9s in the moment of life.