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The number eight is considered to be a 'lucky' number to the Chinese due to the fact that in Mandarin Chinese, it sounds like the word 'prosper' or 'wealth'. 'Eight' (八) is pronounced 'ba' while, 'prosper' or 'wealth' (发) is pronounced 'fa'. In Cantonese, the number eight is pronounced 'baat' and 'prosperity' is pronounced 'faat'. in china 8 pronounced "ba",sounds like "fa" and "fa"means get rich discover and develop so it's one of the lucky numbers

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