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518 / I want prosperity

Chinese translation: 我要发 wǒ yào fā


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13:29 Jan 1, 2010
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: 518 / I want prosperity
I read in the news that these two sound similar in Chinese (Mandarin?). Could someone please write the characters and Pinyin. Happy new year everyone!

BTW, is this true only for Mandarin?
Marcus Malabad
Canada
Local time: 19:08
Chinese translation:我要发 wǒ yào fā
Explanation:
"518 / i want prosperity" sound more similar in Cantonese than in Mandarin Chinese, though there is also similarity in the latter.
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Bin Tiede
Germany
Local time: 01:08
Grading comment
谢谢
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +8我要发 wǒ yào fā
Bin Tiede


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
518 / i want prosperity
我要发 wǒ yào fā


Explanation:
"518 / i want prosperity" sound more similar in Cantonese than in Mandarin Chinese, though there is also similarity in the latter.

Bin Tiede
Germany
Local time: 01:08
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
谢谢

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathy Huang
48 mins

agree  Fang Sheng: 发 and 8 to be homophonic is actually from Cantonese originally, but Mandarin has adopt it as its own.
2 hrs

agree  Grace Liu
7 hrs

agree  hhyin09
8 hrs

agree  Henry Zhang: 8 is an auspicious number in both Cantonese and Mandarin.
11 hrs

agree  alvinliu
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agree  carol so
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agree  TRANS4CHINA
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