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四
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
五四
wǔsì
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
六四
LiùSì
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
再四
zàisì
repeatedly
十四
shísì
fourteen
四下
sìxià
everywhere
四化
sìhuà
abbr. for [[四個現代化|四个现代化<sìgèxiàndàihuà>]], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
四十
sìshí
forty
四周
sìzhōu
all around
四国
Sìguó
Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
四围
sìwéi
all around
四境
sìjìng
all the borders
四大
sìdà
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
四季
sìjì
four seasons, namely: spring [[春]], summer [[夏]], autumn [[秋]] and winter [[冬]]
四害
sìhài
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
四射
sìshè
to radiate all around
四川
Sìchuān
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. [[川]] or [[蜀]], capital Chengdu [[成都]]
四平
Sìpíng
Siping prefecture level city in Jilin province [[吉林省]] in northeast China
四库
sìkù
the four book depositories, namely: classics [[經|经]], history [[史]], philosophy [[子]], belle-lettres [[集]]
四强
sìqiáng
semifinals
四德
sìdé
four Confucian injunctions [[孝悌忠信]] (for men), namely: piety [[孝]] to one's parents, respect [[悌]] to one's older brother, loyalty [[忠]] to one's monarch, faith [[信]] to one's male friends
Example Sentences (5)
我记得过了长江大桥往右一拐就有一个，大概有四五公里远。
Wǒ jìde guò le chángjiāng dàqiáo wǎng yòu yì guǎi jiù yǒu yí gè, dàgài yǒu sì wǔ gōnglǐ yuǎn.
I remember after crossing the Yangtze River Bridge, make a right turn and there is one, about four or five kilometers away.
Text 1
我明天下午两点还上课呢，四点半下课。
Wǒ míngtiān xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn hái shàngkè ne, sì diǎn bàn xiàkè.
I still have class at 2 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, and I finish at 4:30.
Text 3
我家有四口人，爸爸，妈妈，妹妹和我。
Wǒjiā yǒu sì kǒu rén, bàba, māmā, mèimei hé wǒ.
There are four people in my family: my dad, my mom, my younger sister, and me.
Text 2
学校里边比学校外边方便，附近有三四个车站。
Xuéxiào lǐbian bǐ xuéxiào wàibian fāngbiàn, fùjìn yǒu sān sì gè chēzhàn.
Inside the school is more convenient than outside the school; there are three or four stations nearby.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 225
- Word Frequency Rank
- 629 of 84,292