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Cultural differences of numbers between China and western countries Name：Xiaochunhui Major：Marinegeology Morning everyone, my name is Xiao Chun-hui, my major is Marine Geology. Today, my topic is Cultural differences of numbers between China and western countries. As we all know, culture and language are intertwined and shape each other. Number is a special language symbol, and the digital words, with its unique cultural implication and function, play an important role in the communication and development of human culture.In addition to its own significance, some figures have the social and cultural meanings. Number “3” is preferred by Westerns, it stands for divine, noble and lucky spirit. In Roman myths, the world was ruled by three gods, and “3” was also a perfect number in Greek Myths, it represented the start, the middle and the end. In China, number “3” is relevant to different philosophical theories in traditional Chinese culture. For example, themoral book of Lao zi told that “道生一，一生二，二生三, 三生万物”. However, sometimes “3” also belongs to the taboo field in Eastern culture. The pronunciation of “3” is the partial tone to “separation” in Chinese, so they avoid to use this number in festive occasions. Number “4” in Chinese contains contradictory cultural meaning. For example, the old hope for “four generations living together”, the cities pursue “accessible in four sides and eight directions”. However, the Chinese abstain from the number “4” for its pronunciation is the partial tone to “death” and it’s unlucky. “4” mainly expresses bad meanings in English. For example, “the fourth” is the reserved expression of toilet, “four -letter words” refers to dirty words, such meanings related with “four” are different from those in Chinese. Besides, 404 means one person is confused and ignorant. As we all know if you can’t get some information online, the screen will show “404 not found”. Thus we could see the disagreement in Chinese “four” and English “four”. Chinese peop