The writer Hsiao Min adds that because the character for "odd" also means "incomplete," when she was in her old home in Peking, they would always make sure that the number of steamed rolls made for New Year's was even in order to make a good beginning.
作家小民也補充，由於單象徵不圓滿，她北平家鄉每逢過年蒸包子，都會注意是否成雙數，討個好彩頭。