What does 520 mean in China?
This is loosely based on a Japanese article from the CJ Column.
https://citrusjapan.co.jp/column/cj-column/w011_202004.html
In Japan these days, you often see the number 567 in the news because it can be pronounced to sound like “corona”. Many stores also sell goods for 567 yen to attract customers.
Numbers have long been used in Japanese advertising to express words. They were also commonly used by Japanese on electronic pagers in the days when pagers were popular.
For example, 4649 means “regards”(yoroshiku), 0840 means “good morning” (ohayou) and 0833 means “good night" (oyasumi). As a foreigner, I think this is interesting.
People use numbers this way in China as well. So let’s try!
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