Why is the FOOK word so common on Chinese outlets?

Question

A takeaway near me is called FOOK YU and I heard of one called MAN FOOK KING

Answer 1

i think it may relate to luck.

Answer 2

Theres one near me called Wok the Fook

Answer 3

FOOK  i have never seen this fook thing but hey what the fook.

Answer 4

***-ME and ***-YU = the Japanese Twins

Answer 5

it just one of those common chinese words that sound english when you pronounce them. i guess it goes back to ancient chinese folklore or something like that

Answer 6

they are just looking for an oppurtunity to swear at u !!!!!!!!

Answer 7

LOL mine is LAI KING

Answer 8

The language is Chinese and the word is 'Fook' and it means

fortune/luck/happy. The word 'Fook' is often used at Chinese new year,

on lucky red packets for giving out gifts of money, on greeting cards,

and particulary as a lucky charm where it is appears as a diamond

shaped poster stuck on doors upside down.

It is stuck on upside down as a charm, because in Chinese it means

'Fook Do' meaning 'luck is coming' ('Do' in Chinese also means upside

down, which is phonetically the same as 'come' hence why it is turned

upside down). Anyone displaying their 'Fook' (on a door) the 'correct'

way up is actually displaying it wrongly! It is stuck on a door as the

door is the way into the house (to allow an entrance for the

fortune/happiness to come into the household)

Answer 9

"Fook" means "luck" in Cantonese, a dialect of Chinese.

Answer 10

When I was in Hong Kong, loads of restuarants had the name *** in also.

Answer 11

i think they meant 'fook' as in chinese word 'fu'.. it means wealth.

in hongkong, '***' might have another meaning altogether cause it might not be in chinese but in their dialect, cantonese. meanings of the word may vary depending on the type of dialect they're referring to.

traditional chinese people emphasis alot on the names of shops, they believe how far the shop can go largely depends on the name. (: