如果你熟悉中国文化，那么对于北京奥运会的开始时间你一定不会觉得奇怪，2008年8月8日晚上8点。
吉祥的数字一直是中国文化的重要部分，很多中国人在选房间号码、电话号码、车牌等数字的时候，都会选吉祥的数字。
双数比单数要更吉祥，比如二、六、八等。
当然四肯定是非常不吉祥的数字，因为“四”听起来像“死”，这是中国人最不喜欢的意思之一了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 熟悉 | shú xi | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 奥运会 | Ào yùn huì | Olympic Games; the Olympics |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | beginning |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 不会 | bù huì | will not |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky / auspicious / propitious |
| 数字 | shù zì | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 号码 | hào mǎ | number |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 车牌 | chē pái | vehicle license plate |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 双数 | shuāng shù | even number |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 单数 | dān shù | positive odd number / singular (grammar) |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 之一 | zhī yī | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
| 了 | le | modal particle (emphasis) |