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四

sì

HSK 1 Character

What 四 means

1. four
2. 4

Example sentences

• 四处看看。
  Look around.
• 周四再见！
  Until Thursday!
• 下午四点。
  At four o'clock in the afternoon.
• 四月到了。
  It's April.
• 他年近四十。
  Tā nián jìn sì shí.
  He is nearly 40.
• 一年有四季。
  Yī nián yǒu sìjì.
  There are four seasons in one year.

Words starting with 四

• 四肢sì zhīthe four limbs of the body
• 四十sì shíforty; 40
• 四周sì zhōuall around
• 四处sì chùall over the place; everywhere and all directions
• 四大sì dàthe four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)…
• 四月Sì yuèApril; fourth month (of the lunar year)
• 四方sì fāngfour-way; four-sided; in all directions
• 四面sì miànall sides
• 四季sì jìfour seasons, namely: spring 春
• 四合院sì hé yuàncourtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
• 四人帮Sì rén bāngGang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青
• 四下sì xiàeverywhere
• 四海sì hǎi(fig.) the whole world
• 四川省Sì chuān ShěngSichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市
• 四面八方sì miàn bā fāng(idiom) all directions; all around
• 四射sì shèto radiate all around
• 四起sì qǐto spring up everywhere; from all around
• 四时sì shíthe four seasons, namely: spring 春
• 四角sì jiǎothe four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building
• 四散sì sànto disperse; to scatter in all directions
• 四通八达sì tōng bā dároads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
• 四旧sì jiùthe Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
• 四库sì kùthe four book depositories, namely: classics 经, history 史, philosophy 子
• 四溅sì jiàn(of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions; to splatter everywhere

Words containing 四

• 丢三落四diū sān là sìforgetful; empty-headed
• 星期四Xīng qī sìThursday
• 十四shí sìfourteen; 14
• 六四Liù Sìrefers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
• 五四wǔ sìfourth of May, cf 五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest…
• 周四Zhōu sìThursday
• 一年四季yī nián sì jìall year round
• 新四军Xīn sì jūnNew Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
• 李四Lǐ SìLi Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 张三
• 五湖四海wǔ hú sì hǎiall parts of the country
• 说三道四shuō sān dào sìto make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip
• 不三不四bù sān bù sì(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl…
• 颠三倒四diān sān dǎo sìconfused; disorderly; incoherent
• 再四zài sìrepeatedly; over and over again
• 大四dà sìfourth year of university
• 奔四bèn sìto be pushing 40
• 封四fēng sìback cover
• 核四Hé sìFourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市…
• 宋四家Sòng sì jiāfour famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 苏轼
• 廿四史niàn sì shǐtwenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); same as 二十四史
• 木卫四Mù wèi SìCallisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
• 李四光Lǐ Sì guāngLi Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC…
• 汉四郡Hàn sì jùnfour Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
• 破四旧pò sì jiùDestroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)

Characters that look like 四

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 田tiánfield; farm
• 帅shuài(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful…
• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade
• 曰yuēto speak; to say

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)