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四
four
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Strokes (without radical) 2 Total Strokes 5
Mandarin reading Cantonese reading sei3 si3
Japanese on reading shi Japanese kun reading yotsu yotabi
Korean reading sa Vietnamese reading tứ
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CEDICT Entries:

   [ èr shì biàn ]    the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists, called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
   [ èr fǎn mìng zhèng biàn ]    counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
   [ èr cǎn àn ]    the massacre of 12th Mar 1927, the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
   [ xià li ]    all around
   [ qiān zhōng ]    tetraethyl lead poisoning
   [ rén bāng ]    Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
   [ ge quán miàn ]    Four Comprehensives (political guidelines announced by President Xi Jinping, 2015)
   [ ge xiàn daì huà ]    Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, abbr. to 四化[si4 hua4]
   [ yuán shù ]    quaternion (math.)
   [ liǎng qiān jīn ]    lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom), fig. to achieve much with little effort
   [ chū wén qián ]    coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
   [ fēn weì shù ]    quartile (statistics)
   [ fēn ]    "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, dating from c. 484 BC
   [ fēn weì ]    quarterback (QB) (American football)
   [ yùn suàn ]    the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
   [ shí èr zhāng jīng ]    The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha)
   [ guó ]    Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
   [ guó quǎn ]    Shikoku (dog)
   [ weí ]    all around, on all sides, encircled
   [ rán ]    four bare walls
   [ míng ]    the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
   [ shēng ]    Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯
   [ lóng ]    Four Asian Tigers, East Asian Tigers, Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
   [ chuān waì guó xué ]    Sichuan International Studies University (SISU)
   [ chuān xué ]    Sichuan University
   [ chuān shān zhè ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
   [ chuān baò ]    Sichuan Daily
   [ chuān lín ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi)
   [ chuān liǔ yīng ]    (bird species of China) Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti)
   [ chuān zhì chún ]    (bird species of China) buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii)
   [ píng wěn ]    everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
   [ píng ]    former Siping prefecture, Jilin
   [ ]    the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集
   [ quán shū ]    Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty)
   [ qiáng ]    the top four
   [ qiáng saì ]    semifinals
   [ shě ]    (math.) to round up or down, to round off
   [ fāng ]    Sifang district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
   [ fāng liǎn ]    square-jawed face
   [ fāng taí ]    Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
   [ fāng taí ]    Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
   [ xún jié ]    First Sunday of Lent
   [ xún zhaī ]    Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
   [ shí ]    the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
   [ shū ]    Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
   [ huì ]    Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
   [ huì shì ]    Sihui county level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
   [ ]    four of a kind, quads (poker)
   [ huà yoú ]    uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
   [ qīng fēn ]    Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC
   [ haǐ zhī neì jiē xiōng ]    all men are brothers
   [ haǐ weí jiā ]    to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom), to feel at home anywhere, to roam about unconstrained, to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
   [ haǐ líng ]    drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
   [ qīng yùn dòng ]    the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
   [ xiāng ]    Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
   [ jiàn ]    (of droplets, sparks etc) to fly about in all directions, to splatter everywhere
   [ ]    (archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]), (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9
   [ tāng ]    four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
   [ huán ]    tetracycline
   [ yǎn tián ]    four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)
   [ ]    grade 4, fourth class, category D
   [ shì guān ]    sergeant first class
   [ weí ]    the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor, see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3], the four directions, the four limbs (Chinese medicine), four-dimensional
   [ weí kōng jiān ]    four-dimensional space (math.)
   [ xiàn qiāng ]    Sixian dialect of Hakka Chinese
   [ shèng ]    the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism), see also 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] and 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]
   [ shēng ]    the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声, the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
   [ shēng juān ]    (bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
   [ zhī zhī chēng shì ]    low plank (yoga pose)
   [ chaó tiān ]    four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
   [ shé ]    lizard, common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
   [ jiù ]    the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
   [ caǒ ]    four-leaf clover
   [ chù ]    all over the place, everywhere and all directions
   [ haò diàn chí ]    AAA battery (Tw), PRC equivalent: 七號電池|七号电池[qi1 hao4 dian4 chi2]
   [ zhù ]    cuboid, rectangular prism (math.)
   [ haò ]    four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
   [ ]    boxer shorts
   [ zhěn ]    (TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation)
   [ ]    the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
   [ lún dìng weì ]    wheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
   [ lún chē ]    chariot
   [ lún dòng ]    four-wheel drive
   [ tōng ]    roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
   [ biān ]    four sides
   [ biān xíng ]    quadrilateral
   [ lín ]    one's nearest neighbors
   [ lín shè ]    the whole neighborhood
轿   [ mén chē ]    sedan (motor car)
   [ líng ]    four divinities, four divine emperors, four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2], also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
   [ miàn ]    tetrahedron
   [ xiàng běn yuán ]    the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
   [ toú ]    quadriceps muscle group, thigh muscles
   [ ]    to look around
   [ chē ]    four-by-four (vehicle), 4x4
   [ ]    one's four limbs, two arms and two legs
   [ qín fēn ]    never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
⇒    [ èr shí shǐ zhī cóng shuō ]    It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
⇒    [ zhèng ]    seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
⇒    [ sān cuī qǐng ]    to coax and plead
⇒    [ sān cóng ]    Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
⇒    [ guī biān xíng ]    irregular quadrilateral, trapezium
⇒    [ diū sān ]    forgetful, empty-headed
⇒    [ gān biān doù ]    fried beans, Sichuan style
⇒    [ èr shí jié qi ]    the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
⇒    [ guó yùn dòng ]    May Fourth Movement, Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
⇒    [ yùn dòng ]    May Fourth Movement, Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
⇒    [ jiǎng meǐ sān ]    the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
⇒    [ chuán sān guò ]    to spread rumors, to gossip
⇒    [ chuán fāng ]    to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
⇒    [ yuán shī jiā ]    the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
⇒    [ chū táng jié ]    the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]
⇒    [ beǐ sòng shū ]    Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
⇒    [ shí háng shī ]    sonnet
⇒    [ weī ]    danger lurks on every side (idiom)
⇒    [ míng yáng haǐ ]    to become known far and wide (idiom), famous
⇒    [ sòng shū ]    Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
⇒    [ sān lǎn ]    to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
⇒    [ píng xíng biān xíng ]    parallelogram
⇒    [ zhāng sān ]    Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom), Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ zhāng sān wáng zhaò liù ]    four proverbial names, Tom, Dick and Harry
⇒    [ toú yuè tuán ]    the Beatles
⇒    [ sān jiǎn ]    to be picky, to be choosy
⇒    [ sān ]    to sow discord everywhere
⇒    [ yáng míng haǐ ]    known throughout the country (idiom); world-famous
⇒    [ fàng zhī haǐ ér jiē zhǔn ]    applicable anywhere (idiom)
⇒    [ wén fáng baǒ ]    Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4], the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
⇒    [ xīn jūn ]    New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
⇒    [ weì ]    Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
⇒    [ gòng zhèn ]    nuclear quadrupole resonance (physics)
⇒    [ héng sān shù ]    in disorder, in a tremendous mess
⇒    [ hàn jùn ]    four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
⇒    [ fēng yān ]    lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
⇒    [ fēng yān zhàn huǒ fēn feī ]    lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
⇒    [ kuáng sān zhà ]    to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
⇒    [ láng yān ]    fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
⇒    [ huán zhoū ]    to look around
⇒    [ yǎn guān chù ěr tīng fāng ]    see 眼觀四面,耳聽八方|眼观四面,耳听八方[yan3 guan1 si4 mian4 , er3 ting1 ba1 fang1]
⇒    [ yǎn guān miàn ěr tīng fāng ]    lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom), fig. to be observant and alert
⇒    [ jiù ]    Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
⇒    [ baì ]    Thursday
⇒    [ ]    fourth period, quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
⇒    [ shēng ]    fourth tone in Mandarin, falling tone
⇒    [ taí ]    fourth channel, (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV
⇒    [ toú ]    quadriceps muscle group, thigh muscles
⇒    [ jiē fang lín ]    neighbors, the whole neighborhood
⇒    [ jīng zuò ]    to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom), (of a remark) startling
⇒    [ shuō sān daò ]    to make thoughtless remarks (idiom), to criticize, gossip
⇒    [ sān ]    to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom)
⇒    [ xuān yuán shí ]    Regulus (constellation)
⇒    [ lián sān bìng ]    one after the other, in succession (idiom)
⇒    [ zhoū ]    Thursday
⇒    [ jīn zhuān guó ]    Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
⇒    [ rùn yuè chī shù ]    an intercalary fourth month brings food shortages
⇒    [ jiā ]    Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
⇒    [ toú naǒ jiǎn dān zhī ]    all brawn no brains
⇒    [ diān sān daǒ ]    confused, disorderly, incoherent
⇒    [ feī jiàn ]    to spray in all directions

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