很多国家对数字都有自己的迷信，他们认为最好避免这些数字，否则不好的运气就会随时降临。
在中国，数字4被认为是最不好的数字，因为在普通话里听起来像“死”。
许多商人避免使用4来避免坏运气。
在一些地方，人们甚至看不到四楼，从三楼就直接到五楼了，如果人们看到四楼，就会觉得不舒服。
在一些西方国家，数字13被认为和中国的4具有一样的意义。
他们认为，如果周五是13号，那肯定是不幸的一天，所以他们会称之为“黑色星期五”。
他们会呆在家里，避免厄运。
无论他们什么时候看到13，都会感到恐慌。
当然，没有证据可以证明这些数字忌讳的科学性，年轻一代也并不在意，越来越忽视这些迷信。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 数字 | shù zì | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 迷信 | mí xìn | superstition |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 避免 | bì miǎn | to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 否则 | fǒu zé | otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 运气 | yùn qi | luck (good or bad) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 随时 | suí shí | at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary |
| 降临 | jiàng lín | to descend / to arrive / to come |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 普通话 | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 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 |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant / businessman |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 坏 | huài | bad / spoiled / broken |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | direct / immediate / straightforward |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 四楼 | sì lóu | the fourth floor |
| 觉得 | jué de | to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable / feeling well |
| 西方 | Xī fāng | the West / the Occident / Western countries |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 具有 | jù yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 意义 | yì yì | sense / meaning / significance / importance |
| 周五 | Zhōu wǔ | Friday |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 不幸 | bù xìng | unfortunate / sad |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 之 | zhī | him / her / it |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 星期五 | Xīng qī wǔ | Friday |
| 呆 | dāi | foolish; stupid / expressionless; blank |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 厄运 | è yùn | bad luck / misfortune / adversity |
| 无论 | wú lùn | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 恐慌 | kǒng huāng | panic |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 证据 | zhèng jù | evidence / proof / testimony |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 证明 | zhèng míng | to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of |
| 忌讳 | jì huì | taboo |
| 科学 | kē xué | scientific / rational |
| 性 | xìng | suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 代 | dài | generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 在意 | zài yì | to care about / to mind |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 忽视 | hū shì | to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |