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Re:Repository of censored and sensitive Chinese keywords by westiseast on Friday December 12, 2014 @09:49AM (#8740247)
to add to what others have said, what they censored was 八九 (eight-nine) and not 八十九 (eighty nine), and 六四 (six-four) not 六十四 (sixty four).

It's the same as "Nine Eleven" having a completely different meaning from "Nine One One" or "Ninety One".

Re:Repository of censored and sensitive Chinese keywords by thaumasiotes on Friday December 12, 2014 @12:06PM (#8741237)
Given that 4rt asked about "6.4" and not "64", I think it's safe to say that the strings "89" and "6.4", which make perfect sense in Chinese, were also censored and that that's what he meant to ask about.

You can use "89" to refer to the year in written english, too, although I guess (a) it's a little less common since the Y2K bug hype; and (b) it's more properly written "'89", with a leading apostrophe.

Also censored: 64, 6.2+2, 6.5-1, 7.5, 6四, 六.四