| 四 | 640C00 41.41-8 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄙˋ [si4] | ||
| Adj. | Four: 第四 number four; 4 and 5, oft. connote the sense of dispersal: 四分五裂 all split up; 四分五裂 from all sides (things appear); 四捨五入 (in accounting) omitting decimal fractions smaller than 0.5 and counting all others, including 0.5, as 1; 4 and 8, usu. indicating foursquare, well balanced: 四停八當，四平八穩 (affair) very well disposed indeed; 4 and 6: 四六夾開 clearly presented; 四六（句子） [si4liu4]↓; four sides, all around: 四面，四方，四邊，四圍 [si4mian4], [si4fang1], [si4bian1], [si4wei2]1↓, 四下，四起 [si4xia4], [si4qi3]↓; 四處 [si4chu4]↓; 四脖子流汗 sweating all the neck round; 四面落地 all four walls covered with paper; 四海 [si4hai3]↓; 四至 [si4zhi4]↓; 四腳兒朝天 falling backwards with hands and legs in the air. | |||||
| Words | 1. 四拜 [si4bai4], phr., (AC) deep bow four times. 2. 四表 [si4biao3], phr., in all directions, beyond confines of visible world. 3. 四邊（兒） [si4bian1] ([si4biaer0]), phr., in all four directions: east, west, north, south; all around; 四邊形 [si4bian1xing2], a square. 4. 四壁 [si4bi4], phr., on all the walls of a room: 家徒四壁 a house empty of all furniture; also all around, on all sides. 5. 四部 [si4bu4], phr., standard library classification into four categories: (a) 經 classics, (b) 史 history, including geography, (c) 子 philosophy and the arts and sciences, and (d) 集 collected works (subject or author); see 四庫 [si4ku4]↓. 6. 四不像 [si4bu4xiang4], (1) adj., nondescript; (2) n., a fly swatter. 7. 四稱 [si4chen4], adj., (face) well-balanced, well-proportioned. 8. 四起 [si4qi3], adv., all around (uprising). 9. 四垂 [si4chui2], adv., (AC) on all frontiers (垂 u.f. 陲). 10. 四處（兒） [si4chu4]([er0]), adv., (look for s.t.) everywhere. 11. 四大 [si4da4], phr., (1) (Budd.) the four elements of earth, water, fire, air; (2) 四大金剛 the statues of four guardian spirits at entrance to temple; (3) 四大門兒 the fox, the skunk, the porcupine and the snake, superstitiously considered as spirits to influence human life. 12. 四德 [si4de2], n., the traditional four fundamentals in girl's education: 婦德 behavior, 婦言 speech, 婦容 appearance, and 婦功 needlework and cookery. 13. 四地 [si4di4]1, (1) adv., see [si4chu4]↑; (2) adj., neat: 這個人好四地 (coll.) this person is very neat and tidy. 14. 四諦 [si4di4]2, n., (Budd.) the four “truths” of life: 苦 misery and pain, 集 acquisition, 滅 extinction, and 道 salvation by the right path. 15. 四方 [si4fang1], adj. & adv., (1) everywhere, in (from) all directions; (2) foursquare, square; 四方步兒 solemn measured steps; 四方塊兒 a square piece, also (facet.) a short, stumpy person; 四方臉兒 a square face, square-jawed. 16. 四海 [si4hai3], (1) adv., “the four seas”－the whole world: 四海一家 the whole world is one family; adv., 四海之內，皆兄弟也（子夏） all the people of the world are brothers; (2) ([si4hai0]) adj., (coll.) generous: 為人很四海 is very generous to people. 17. 四合 [si4he2], (1) adv., (dust) closing all around; (2) 四合房（兒） or 四合兒 Chin. house with courtyard in center and rooms on four sides (三合兒 rooms on three sides). 18. 四呼 [si4hu1], n., (MC Chin. phonetics) the four classes of syllabic forms: 開口 regular or open; 齊齒 beginning with “i” ([yi1]) sound; 合口 beginning with “u” ([wu1]) sound, 撮口 beginning with * ([yU1]) sound: thus [an1], [yan1], [wan1], [yUan1]. 19. 四胡 [si4hu2], n., a junior [hu1] stringed instrument, with four strings. 20. 四郊 [si4jiao1], n., the suburbs. 21. 四季（兒） [si4ji4] ([si4jie4er0]), n., the four seasons; 四季花兒 the representative flowers of the four seasons: peony (spring), pomegranate (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn), and plum (winter). 22. 四極 [shi1ji2], n., the ends of the universe. 23. 四周 [shi1zhou1], adj., on all sides: 四周遭兒，四周圍 ditto. 24. 四柱冊 [shi1zhu4ce4], phr., formerly, (in official accounting) the four “columns” of “carried over,” “income,” “expenses” and “balance.” 25. 四知 [si4zhi1]1, phr., the “four knows”－ “heaven knows; god knows, I know and you know”－there is no absolutely secret dealing. 26. 四肢 [si4zhi1]2, n., the four limbs－arms and legs. 27. 四至 [si4zhi4], n., the exact boundaries on four sides of land, specified in deeds; 四至兒 ditto, also 定四至兒 set limits to undertaking; 辦事有四至兒 be precise in one's affairs. 28. 四塊瓦兒 [si4kuai4wa3er0], n., a hat (in cold countries) with reversible flabs on four sides. 29. 四框闌兒 [si4kuang1la2er0], n., the radical “  ”; index No. 41.30. 四庫 [shi1ku4], n., usu. 四庫全書 the imperial library of Chienlung named after the “four vaults” of classics, history, philosophy and collected works of literature, see [si4bu4]↑. 31. 四稜（兒）（子） [si4leng2]([er0])([zi0]), n., a utensil with four-cornered shape; n., 四稜子 [si4leng2zi0], (a) n., a vulgar, coarse fellow; n., (b) adj., rude in speech. 32. 四令 [si4ling4], n., see [si4ji4]↑. 33. 四六 [shi1liu4], n., a euphuistic style of parallel constructions, known esp. for pairs of sentences of four and six characters. 34. 四鄰 [si4lin2], n., next-door neighbors. 35. 四靈 [shi1ling2], n., (AC) the four spirits in AC mythology: the unicorn, the phoenix, the turtle and the dragon. 36. 四面（兒） [shi1mian4] ([si4miaher0]), adv., on all sides: 四面受敵 surrounded by enemy on all sides; 四面楚歌 (allu.) ditto－hear the [chu3] songs (of enemy) on all sides; 四面體 (math.) a tetrahedron. 37. 四民 [si4min2], n., the four classes of people in order of importance: 士 scholars, 農 farmers, 工 artisans, and 商 merchants. 38. 四明兒 [si4ming2er0], adv., (coll.) all around: 四明兒都是籬笆 hedges all around. 39. 四旁 [si4pang2], adv., all around. 40. 四平調 [si4ping2diao4], n., (Chin. opera) the songs of 二黃 [er4huang2] (also called 平調). 41. 四散 [shi1san4], adj., dispersed, scattered about. 42. 四聲 [shi1sheng1], n., the four tones: (1) 陰平 ([a1]), (2) 陽平 ([a2]), (3) 上 (pr. [shang3]) ([a3]), and (4) 去 ([a4]) in standard national tongue, without 入聲 the “entering tone”; in other classifications, (1) and (2) are regarded together as 平, while 入聲 is added. 43. 四下（裡） [shi1xia4] ([li3]), adv., everywhere. 44. 四向 [si4xiang4], adv., toward all directions. 45. 四鄉 [si4xiang1]1, n., suburbs (on all sides). 46. 四廂 [si4xiang1]2, n., the suburbs in four directions, esp. Peking. 47. 四絃琴 [si4xian2qin2], n., the violin (usu. called 小提琴). 48. 四星 [si4xing1], n., the end part, lower part (orig., end of steelyard, marked by four asterisks). 49. 四書 [si4shu1], n., The Four Books: (1) 大學 The Great Learning, (2) 中庸 The Doctrine of the Mean, (3) 論語 Confucian Analects, and (4) 孟子 The Works of Mencius－formerly, required reading in all elementary grades. 50. 四時 [si4shi2], n., see [si4ji4]↑. 51. 四序 [si4xU4], n., (LL) the four seasons (序＝時序). 52. 四體 [si4ti3], n., see [si4zhi1]2↑. 53. 四則 [si4ze2], n., (arithmetic) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 54. 四坐 [si4zuo4], n., the audience around, the company at a dinner. 55. 四圍 [si4wei2]1, adv., all around. 56. 四維 [si4wei2]2, phr., the four basic virtues of 禮，義，廉，恥（管子） manners, justice, integrity and honor, regarded as the “hawsers” (or anchors) of the ship of state. 57. 四五子 [si4wu3zi0], n., wine (a pun, from 4+5=9, “nine” 九 [jiu3], being homonym for “wine”. 58. 四眼人 [si4yan3ren2], n., (vulgar) a pregnant woman (counting two eyes for the embryo). 59. 四言時 [si4yan2shi1], n., a poem with lines of four characters each esp. in 詩經 Book of Poetry. 60. 四野 [si4ye3], n., the open countryside. 61. 四裔 [si4yi4], n., (AC) distant regions. 62. 四夷 [si4yi2], n., the barbarians on borders of China. 63. 四元 [si4yUan2], n., (anc. Chin. polynomial algebra) 天地人物 standing for A, B, C, D. 64. 四月 [si4yUe4], n., (1) the fourth lunar month; (2) April. 65. 四運 [si4yUn4], n., see [si4shi2], [si4xU4]↑. | |||||