Take "8" for example, the Chinese pronunciation of the number "8" has almost the same sound as that of the Chinese character "发[fa:]", which means making a fortune.
以“8”为例,数字“8”的中文发音与汉字“发[fɑ?]”的发音几乎相同,意味着发财。
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Chinese languages do not have an alphabet. Instead they have a character for each word, which does not indicate pronunciation (although it sometimes contains a phonetic element).