国际汉语教学education 1. 666 liùliùliù Sure, you know, 666 means that something or someone is really cool. It’s one of the way to express your admiration. But do you know why people use exact 6 for expressing “cool” meaning? The answer is simple, just because Chinese language has lots of homophone. 6 is pronounced like liù which is homophone to 流 liú (meaning to let you slip from the troubles ) and 牛 niú ( wow, cool). There are some examples how you can use 666~ – I can speak 4 languages. – Wow, 666 , that’s awesome. – My boyfriend gifted me a brilliant necklace! – 666666 , happy for you ! – Our teacher went for a business trip, so we don’t have classes for whole next week. – 666, you are so lucky. 2. 555 wǔwǔwǔ The pronunciation of 五(5) wǔ is same as 呜 wū ( the sound of crying). It means that someone is crying very hard but in a humorous way. In fact, nothing really bad happened, k...