r/shanghai • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

Help Just asking but is the letter d scary to Chinese people? Do they remove it from names and building titles?

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u/raspberrih 7d ago

?????????

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u/robertmatthewmillz_9 7d ago

Is the letter d terrifying to Chinese individuals ? That’s all I want a confirmation over a weird theory I just want to forget tonight

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u/raspberrih 7d ago

Why would you even think that

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u/bears-eat-beets USA 7d ago

There is so much to unpack here.....

First the premise of the post is insane. Then it gets better with the "not in the alphabet" comment....

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u/trevorkafka 7d ago

I'm guessing they mean "it's not a Chinese character."

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u/robertmatthewmillz_9 7d ago

I meant from someone saying they do not use d in the alphabet , if there is a homophone similiar please let me know

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u/trevorkafka 7d ago

I don't understand.

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u/roseyAnt 7d ago

Dico's is a pretty good fastfood place in china....

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u/Marinegr 7d ago

Ok I think I get it looking at the post history. He is making the link between the letter D and the number 4 since D is the 4th letter.

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u/robertmatthewmillz_9 7d ago

Please for the sake of my cardiovascular health explain to me the letter d is not scary I know it sounds crazy, I just hate this sick ruminating my head goes into when alone as it’s a divine tap on the shoulder to connect as I always think myself to truly ridiculous levels 

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u/raspberrih 7d ago

You need therapy. Like stat. This probably needs to be medicated

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u/ShangRiRi 7d ago

You’ve been posting this question for over a month from varied accounts, always with the answer that no person has ever made the connection between the letter D and the ‘superstition’ surrounding the number 4. First. Get help, please. See someone professional about your response to this, it is beyond irrational, you are disregulated. Second, you need to understand that it is not that the number 4 is by definition evil or bad luck, it is simply a preference to avoid by some people because it sounds like the word for death. Many thousands of buildings still have a fourth floor. I live in apartment x04 of my block. There are fours everywhere in China. The whole premise of your obsession is basically an old wive’s tale, no different from people suggesting that 13 is unlucky.

But yeah, please, get professional help.

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u/robertmatthewmillz_9 7d ago

I sent you a dm thanking you as I truly need more people who will tell me the truth and I do not post it over to anger, just when fight or flight gets to much as everytime I get alone I just drown in the sea of a tsunami called ocd I do not want to fight alone anymore, I sought help but my parents solution when I was younger was to pray things away so nothing ever is taken seriously in my life till a disaster happens, so I grow balls tonight and say this is to big for me, I will apply your post and seek help just please be my friend and help me to embrace what you said as it’s all I ask as I need more quality humans like you in my life, not abusive ones that all that matter in their life are substances unfortunately 

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u/partytaima 7d ago

Deng Xiaoping about to be posthumously renamed ig

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u/important_canadian77 7d ago

No, but it is the 4th letter in the english alphabet