四
- 226th most frequent character
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- Appears in 225 words
- Component in 2 characters
Decomposition
Pinyin & Meaning
1. sì (si4)four • 4
Pronunciation Clues
There are no phonetic clues for this character.
Example Words
Common
shí sì (shi2 si4)fourteen • 14
sì shí (si4 shi2)forty • 40
sì shè (si4 she4)to radiate all around
sì chuān (Si4 chuan1)Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
sì yuè (si4 yue4)April • fourth month (of the lunar year)
xīng qī sì (xing1 qi1 si4)Thursday
Uncommon
bù sān bù sì (bu4 san1 bu4 si4)dubious • shady • neither one thing nor the other • neither fish nor fowl • nondescript
wǔ sì (wu3 si4)fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
wǔ hú sì hǎi (wu3 hu2 si4 hai3)all over the world • everywhere under the sun
sì xià (si4 xia4)everywhere
sì shì tóng táng (Si4 shi4 tong2 tang2)Four Generations under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]
sì shì tóng táng (si4 shi4 tong2 tang2)four generations under one roof (idiom)
sì rén bāng (si4 ren2 bang1)Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
sì fēn zhī yī (si4 fen1 zhi1 yi1)one-quarter
sì fēn wǔ liè (si4 fen1 wu3 lie4)all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) • complete lack of unity • to disintegrate • falling apart • to be at sixes and sevens
sì shí duō (si4 shi2 duo1)more than 40
sì hé yuàn (si4 he2 yuan4)courtyard house (type of Chinese residence)
sì zhōu (si4 zhou1)all around
sì jì (si4 ji4)four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
sì chuān shěng (Si4 chuan1 sheng3)Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
sì píng (Si4 ping2)Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
sì fāng (si4 fang1)four-way • four-sided
sì yuè fèn (si4 yue4 fen4)April
sì wéi (si4 wei2)the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honour • see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] • the four directions • the four limbs (Chinese medicine) • four-dimensional
sì zhī (si4 zhi1)the four limbs of the body
sì qǐ (si4 qi3)to spring up everywhere • from all around
sì tōng bā dá (si4 tong1 ba1 da2)roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
sì miàn (si4 mian4)all sides
sì miàn bā fāng (si4 mian4 ba1 fang1)in all directions • all around • far and near
dà sì (da4 si4)fourth-year university student
xīn sì jūn (Xin1 si4 jun1)New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists