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  • 1

    num.four; the sum of three plus one; fourth; 4

    • tā sì tiān jiù dú wán le yī běn shū

      He finished a book in four days.

    • bā shì èr de sì bèi

      Eight is four times of two.

    • tā hē le sì píng pí jiǔ

      啤酒

      He had four bottles of beer.

    synonym
  • 2

    n.note in the Chinese gongchepu scale

Words and phrases with 四

  • 四方
    [word]all sides; cubic
  • 四分
    [word]quartered
  • 四野
    [word]vast expanse of open country
  • 四重
    [word]quadruple
  • 四维
    [word]northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest; four limbs
  • 四通
    [word]Stone
  • 四国
    [word]Shikoku
  • 四库全书
    [word]Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature
  • 四声
    [word]four tones in classical Chinese pronunciation; four tones in modern standard Chinese pronunciation
  • 四通八达
    [idiom]extend in all directions
  • 四分五裂
    [idiom]disintegrate
  • 四海一家
    [idiom]all people belong to one family
  • 四大天王
    [idiom]the four heavenly guardians standing inside the entrance of Buddhist temples, two on each side
  • 四面楚歌
    [idiom]be utterly isolated
  • 四大金刚
    [idiom]four most common breakfast foods: pancakes, fried breadsticks, soy milk, and rice porridge
  • 四平八稳
    [idiom]cautious
  • 四面八方
    [idiom]all around
  • 四书五经
    [idiom]Four Books and Five Classics

Word usage

  • Note
    "四" is written as "肆" on cheques, banknotes, etc to avoid mistakes or alterations.

Similar-form characters to 四

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • like; seem
  • raise; forage
  • government bureau in ancient China; mosque
  • unbridled; four
  • succeed; descendant