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Le chiffre 8 = prospérité (Chine)

八 bā ≈ 發 fā — enchères téléphoniques à millions sur les 8888.

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Category : Linguistic false friendsSubcategory : homophones-favorablesConfidence level : 1/5 (stub)Identifier : e0481

Geography of misunderstanding

Neutral

  • china-continental
  • japan
  • south-korea
  • taiwan
  • hong-kong
  • mongolia

Not documented

  • asie-sud-est

Full description

⚠️ This sheet is currently under development. Detailed content will be published in a later phase of the editorial project.

八 bā ≈ 發 fā — enchères téléphoniques à millions sur les 8888.

Sources

  1. Morris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
  2. Axtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Matsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. — ↗