#23 - The Power of Numbers and the fear of four (Cont'd)

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The number four is considered unlucky because four in Chinese sounds like the Chinese word for death. Some hotels in China do not have a fourth floor. A few skyscrapers in Hong Kong have no floors with the number in them. So a tall building with a 100th floor penthouse might only have 81 floors because 4, 14, 24, 34, 40-49, 54, 64, 74, 84 and 94 are all missing.

Chinese Translation:
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The number (数字SHÙ ZÌ)four ( 四sì ) is considered unlucky (不幸运的 bù xìng yùn de )because( 因为yīn wéi)four 四 in Chinese 中文 sounds like the Chinese 中国 word ( 字zì) for death (死sǐ). Some hotels (酒店 jiǔ diàn) in China 中国 do not have (没有 méi yǒu)a fourth floor(第四楼 dì sì lóu). A few skyscrapers (摩天楼 mó tiān lóu) in Hong Kong 香港 have no floors with the number four 四 in them. So a tall building (高楼 gāo lóu ) with a 100th floor penthouse might only have 81 floors because 4, 14, 24, 34, 40-49, 54, 64, 74, 84 and 94 are all missing.