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  sei3   jyutping
  si4   pinyin
[1] four; fourth [2] all around

alternate and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking:
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 5
Level: 1
Radical: (#31)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

Don't confuse with:
西

This word has been viewed 16037 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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detail  gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2  gan1 bian1 si4 ji4 dou4 = dry (no water) stir fried string beans, Szechuan style
detail  sei3 gok3 dau6  si4 jiao3 dou4 = Four corner bean, winged bean. Legume plant.
detail  sei3 fong1  si4 fang1 = square
detail  sing1 kei4 sei3  xing1 qi1 si4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 si4 (Taiwan) = Thursday
detail  sei3 jyut6  si4 yue4 = April
detail  dai6 sei3  di4 si4 = fourth (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6  si4 shi2 = forty
detail  sap6 sei3  shi2 si4 = fourteen; 14 (common formation)
detail  ji6 sap6 sei3 jat6  er4 shi2 si4 ri4 = 24th day of the month (common formation)
detail  sap6 sei3 jat6  shi2 si4 ri4 = 14th day of the month (common formation)
detail  sei3 jat6  si4 ri4 = 4th day of the month (common formation)
detail  sei3 gwai3  si4 ji4 = the four seasons
detail  sei3 ngaan5 zai2   = four-eyes
detail  lai5 baai3 sei3  li3 bai4 si4 = Thursday
detail  sei3 min6  si4 mian4 = on all sides; all around
detail  sei3 go3 siu2 si4  si4 ge4 xiao3 shi2 = four hours
detail  sei3 fan6 zi1 jat1  si4 fen1 zhi1 yi1 = one-quarter
detail  sei3 sap6 saam1  si4 shi2 san1 = forty three; 43 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 luk6  si4 shi2 liu4 = forty six; 46 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 do1  si4 shi2 duo1 = more than 40
detail  sei3 cin1  si4 qian1 = four thousand; 4,000
detail  sei3 tin1  si4 tian1 = four days
detail  sei3 nin4  si4 nian2 = four years
detail  sei3 nin4 cin4  si4 nian2 qian2 = four years previously
detail  sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6  si4 yue4 shi2 qi1 hao4 = April 17
detail  sei3 baak3 jik1  si4 bai3 yi4 = 40 billion
detail  sei3 baak3 maan6  si4 bai3 wan4 = four million
detail  sei3 bin1 ji4  si4 bianr1 = (on) four sides, all around
detail  sei3 bin1  si4 bian1 = (on) four sides, all around
detail  saam1 sap6 sei3  san1 shi2 si4 = thirty-four; 34 (common formation)
detail  ji6 sap6 sei3  er4 shi2 si4 = twenty-four; 24 (common formation)
detail  sei3 go3 zi6   = twenty minutes
detail  sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6  si4 shi2 nian2 dai4 = in the 1940's (common formation)
detail  baat3 sap6 sei3  ba1 shi2 si4 = eighty-four; 84 (common formation)
detail  cat1 sap6 sei3  qi1 shi2 si4 = seventy-four; 74 (common formation)
detail  dai6 sap6 sei3  di4 shi2 si4 = fourteenth (common formation)
detail  dai6 sei3 sap6  di4 si4 shi2 = fortieth (common formation)
detail  gau2 sap6 sei3  jiu3 shi2 si4 = ninety-four; 94 (common formation)
detail  luk6 sap6 sei3  liu4 shi2 si4 = sixty-four; 64 (common formation)
detail  ng5 sap6 sei3  wu3 shi2 si4 = fifty-four; 54 (common formation)
detail  sap6 sei3 sai3 gei3*2  shi2 si4 shi4 ji4 = 14th Century (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 baat3  si4 shi2 ba1 = forty-eight; 48 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 cat1  si4 shi2 qi1 = forty-seven; 47 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 gau2  si4 shi2 jiu3 = forty-nine; 49 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 jat1  si4 shi2 yi1 = forty-one; 41 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 ji6  si4 shi2 er4 = forty-two; 42 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 ng5  si4 shi2 wu3 = forty-five; 45 (common formation)
detail  sei3 sap6 sei3  si4 shi2 si4 = forty-four; 44 (common formation)
detail  jim4 saam1 jim4 sei3  xian2 san1 xian2 si4 = dislike this and that; be picky
detail  saam1 pang4 sei3 jau5  san1 peng2 si4 you3 = friends; cronies
detail  sei3 cou2  si4 cao3 = 40 bucks; 40 dollars
detail  sei3 cyun1  si4 chuan1 = Sichuan
detail  sei3 zai2  si4 zai3 = pornographic video / film; heroin
detail  sei3 zi1  si4 zhi1 = arms and legs
detail  sei3 keoi1 ce1   = four-wheel drive (4WD) car
detail  sei3 tiu4*2   = four of a kind (poker)
detail  m4 saam1 m4 sei3   = dubious, shady
detail 廿  jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4   = 24-hours; the entire day
detail  sei3 min6 baat3 fong1  si4 mian4 ba1 fang1 = in all directions
detail  cin4 sei3 hau6 luk6   = 10 weeks maternity leave
detail  sei3 hap6 jyun6*2  si4 he2 yuan4 = siheyuan -- a type of traditional Chinese-style home
detail  saam1 faan1 sei3 ci3  san1 fan1 si4 ci4 = (to do sth.) over and over again
detail  sei3 cyu5  si4 chu4 = all over the place
detail  sei3 zau1  si4 zhou1 = all around
detail  ziu1 saam1 mou6 sei3  chao2 san1 mu4 si4 = to be fickle
detail  zau1 sei3  zhou1 si4 = Thursday
detail  sei3 cyun1 saang2  si4 chuan1 sheng3 = Sichuan, a southwest China province
detail  sei3 wai6*2  si4 wei4 = four-digit
detail  soeng6 zau1 sei3   = last Thursday
detail 廿  jaa6 sei3   = 24 (hours in the day, etc)
detail  sei3 se2 ng5 jap6   = rounding (off)
detail  sei3 ngaan5   = with spectacles; one who wears glasses;
detail 廿  jaa6 sei3 mei6*2   = twenty-four herbal tea
detail  sei3 wai4   = four sides, all around
detail  sei3 fong1 jing4   = square shape
detail  sei3 goek3 se4  si4 jiao3 she2 = a lizard
detail  sei3 zau1 wai4   = on all sides
detail 便  sei3 bin6 si6   = groat, an old silver English coin of fourpence
detail  sei3 kap1  si4 ji2 = "category four", cat-IV, illegal porn VCDs in HK, pornographic film
detail  sei3 zit3   = 60% discount
detail  jat1 gau2 sei3 gau2 nin4  yi1 jiu3 si4 jiu3 nian2 = the year 1949 (Communist revolution)
detail  jat1 cin1 sei3 baak3 ji6 sap6 gau2  yi1 qian1 si4 bai3 er4 shi2 jiu3 = 1429
detail  bat1 saam1 bat1 sei3  bu4 san1 bu4*2 si4 = dubious, nondescript, shady, neither one thing nor the other
detail  baan2 baan2 luk6 sap6 sei3  ban3 ban3 liu4 shi2 si4 = unaccommodating; rigid
detail  sei3 mun4 giu6*2 ce1  si4 men2 jiao4 che1 = sedan (motor car)
detail  sei3 leon4 maa5 ce1  si4 lun2 ma3 che1 = chariot
detail  sei3 nin4 zai3 dik1 daai6 hok6  si4 nian2 zhi4 de5 da4 xue2 = four-year university
detail  ping4 hang4 sei3 bin1 jing4  ping2 xing2 si4 bian1 xing2 = parallelograms
detail  sei3 cung4 zau3  si4 chong2 zou4 = quartet (instrumentation)
detail  sei3 cung4 coeng3   = a quartet
detail  maa1 sei3   = double fours; not to mind one's on business; to be a busybody
detail  jat1 sei3   = the 14K triad society
detail  sei3 cyun1 fu6 jyu5   = Sichuan bean curd
detail  sei3 gwai3 dau6*2  si4 ji4 dou4 = kidney bean
detail  sei3 hoi2  si4 hai3 = the four seas; the whole country; the whole world
detail  sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6  si4 hai3 zhi1 nei4 = worldwide
detail  sei3 san1  si4 xin1 = the four "news" (new ideas, culture, customs, and habits)
detail  sei3 zi1 mou4 lik6  si4 zhi1 wu2 li4 = tiring arms and legs
detail  ng5 wu4 sei3 hoi2  wu3 hu2 si4 hai3 = all corners of the land
detail K  sap6 sei3 kei1   = the 14K triad society
detail  dai6 sei3 gwai1 dou6  di4 si4 ji4 du4 = fourth quarter (of a year) (common formation)
detail  sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6 gaai1 hing1 dai6   = all are brothers within the four seas
detail  zoeng1 saam1 lei5 sei3  zhang1 san1 li3 si4 = Tom, Dick or Harry
detail  gwaa1 sei3   = black sheep (spendthrift) of the family
detail  gong2 saam1 gong2 sei3   = to gossip about
detail  sei3 ngaan5 gau2   = generic insult to those who wear glasses
detail  sei3 ngaan5 lou2   = a guy who wears glasses
detail  sei3 ngaan5 mui6*1   = a girl who wears glasses
detail  gung1 daa2 sei3 fong1 sing4  gong1 da3 si4 fang1 cheng2 = play mahjong
detail  gaau2 saam1 gaau2 sei3   = to visit prostitutes; to get into trouble
detail  sei3 fong1 zuk1   = Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (square bamboo)
detail  sei3 fong1 kwaak1   = four-sided square
detail  naam4 jan4*2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan4*2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1   = men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves
detail  zung1 gwok3 sei3 daai6 faat3 ming4  zhong1 guo2 si4 da4 fa1 ming2 = the big four inventions (from China)
detail  aa3 sei3   = worker, labourer
detail  sap6 sei3 hong4 si1  shi2 si4 hang2 shi1 = sonnet
detail  sei3 hong4   = the natural elements
detail  si3 zeng3   = neat and proper;
detail  ngau1 saam1 daap3 sei3  gou1 san1 da1 si4 = promiscuous
detail  diu1 saam1 lok6 sei3  diu1 san1 la4 si4 = absentminded; forgetful
detail  sei3 sei3 luk6 luk6  si4 si4 liu4 liu4 = properly; in the right way; fair, acceptable (for agreements)
detail  sei3 paak3 sei3   = 4/4 time in music; (slang) to thrust out one's chest
detail  cau3 sei3   = a stupid useless person (lit., "smelly four")
detail  sei3 cyun1 paau3 coi3  si4 chuan1 pao4 cai4 = Szechuan pickled cabbage
detail  syut3 saam1 dou6 sei3   = saying this and that
detail  sei3 sing1 kap1  si4 xing1 ji2 = four star class
detail  sei3 jin4 kam4  si4 xian2 qin2 = tetrachord (musical instrument)
detail  daai3 sei3 fong1 mou6*2  dai4 si4 fang1 mao4 = get graduated from college
detail  paau1 sei3 fong1 mou6*2  pao1 si4 fang1 mao4 = get graduated from college
detail  sei3 wai4 gung3   = loiter around
detail  sap6 sei3 hou6  shi2 si4 hao = the fourteenth day of the month; [粵]: the 14K triad society
detail  saam1 gang1 kung4 sei3 gang1 fu3   = poor one moment, rich the next; wealth and poverty is not constant, long-lasting, forever.
detail  sei3 daai6 ming4 zyu3  si4 da4 ming2 zhu4 = the Four Chinese Classical Novels
detail  sei3 daai6 faat3 ming4  si4 da4 fa1 ming2 = the four great Chinese inventions
detail  man4 fong4*2 sei3 bou2  wen2 fang2 si4 bao3 = the Four Treasures of the Study
detail  sei3 sin3 pou2  si4 xian4 pu3 = tablature, tab (for bass)
detail  sei3 ngaan5 po4*2   = a woman who wears glasses
detail  sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6  si4 tong1 ba1 da2 = extend in all directions
detail  mei6 lik6 sei3 se6  mei4 li4 si4 she4 = glamorous
detail  ngap1 saam1 ngap1 sei3   = to babble away; to tattle or gossip
detail  sei3 maan6 gam2 ge3 min6 hau2  si4 wan4 dan4 ge2 mian4 kou3 = wear a big smile
detail  sei3 dim2 fo2  si4 dian3 huo3 = Kangxi radical 86 (fire) (灬)
detail  sei3 dim2 dai2  di4 dian3 di3 = Kangxi radical 86 (fire) (灬)
detail  sei4 mong5 tau4  si4 wang3 tou2 = Kangxi radical 122 (net) (罒)
detail  gaau1 caa1 sei3  jiao1 cha1 si4 = Kangxi radical 122 (net) (罓)
detail  sei3 daai6 tin1 wong4  si4 da4 tian1 wang2 = The Four Great Heavenly Kings; Lokapala
detail  daai6 zin3 sei3 fong1 sing4  da4 zhan4 si4 fang1 cheng2 = [slang] play majong
detail  man6 saam1 man6 sei3  wen4 san1 wen4 si4 = ask all kinds of nosy questions
detail  saam1 ceoi1 sei4 cing2  san1 cui1 si4 qing3 = to try to persuade sb. to visit again and again
detail  sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4  si4 yi4 fang1 yan2 = Siyi division of Yue dialects
detail  sei3 zai2 zyu2 ji6   = ideology of the little-four
detail 廿  lyun6 ngap1 jaa6 sei3   = talk nonsense, to say random / illogical things
detail  sei3 sing1  si4 sheng1 = four tones
detail  sei3 cung4 zau3 ngok6 tyun4  si4 chong2 zou4 yue4 tuan2 = quartet (group)
detail  sei3 fan6 ng5 lit3   = to be split apart; to fall apart
detail  sei3 jip6 cou2  si4 ye4 cao3 = four leaf clover
detail  sei3 ceon4 zaai1  si4 xun2 zhai1 = Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
detail  sei3 wai4 gwaat3  si4 wei2 gua1 = search all over for; look all around for
detail  sei3 syu1 ng5 ging1  si4 shu1 wu3 jing1 = Confucian classics
detail  ming4 joeng4 sei3 hoi2  ming2 yang2 si4 hai3 = be renowned around the world
detail  sei3 goek3 paa4 paa4*2  si4 jiao3 pa2 pa2 = crawling (on hands and knees)
detail  sei3 hoi2 jat1 gaa1  si4 hai3 yi1 jia1 = the world is a big family
detail  naam4 ji4 zi3 zoi6 sei3 fong1  nan2 er2 zhi4 zai4 si4 fang1 = a man should have great ambitions and ideals
detail  sei3 saan3  si4 san4 = scatter in all directions
detail  sei3 ji6 jat1 gaa1 ting4  si4 er4 yi1 jia1 ting2 = 421 family
detail  sei3 gwai3 gat1  si4 ji4 ju2 = calamondin (small evergreen citrus tree or its fruit)
detail  sei3 hong6   = tetrachoric
detail  sei3 jap1  si4 yi4 = Siyi (Cantonese variant spoken in Kaiping and Doumen counties in Guangdong)
detail  daai6 sei3 hei2  da4 si4 xi3 = (mahjong) big four winds / four great blessings
detail  sei3 am3 kaan5  si4 an4 ke4 = (mahjong) hidden treasure
detail  pei1 tau4 sei3  pi1 tou2 si4 = the Beatles
detail  sei3 gong3 zi2  si4 gang4 zi5 = (mahjong) four kong/quadruplet hand [alternate]
detail  sei3 gwai3 paai4*2  si4 ji4 pai2 = (mahjong) season tiles
detail  sei3 hyun1 paai4*2  si4 quan1 pai2 = (mahjong) a full game [alternate]
detail  siu2 sei3 hei2  xiao3 si4 xi3 = (mahjong) little four winds/four minor blessings
detail  luk6 sei3 si6 gin6*2  liu4 si4 shi4 jian4 = Tian'anmen incident of 4th Jun 1989 (common formation)
detail  sei3 fat1 faa3 jau4  si4 fu2 hua4 you2 = uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)
detail  sei3 hing1 daai6 maa4 fan1  si4 qing1 da4 ma2 fen1 = tetrahydrocannabinal (THC) - principle ingredient in marijuana
detail  sei3 waan4 sou3  si4 huan2 su4 = tetracycline
detail  sei3 min6 tai2  si4 mian4 ti3 = tetrahedron
detail  sei3 wai4 hung1 gaan1  si4 wei2 kong1 jian1 = [math.] four dimensional space
detail  sei3 ci3 fong1 gan1  si4 ci4 fang1 gen1 = [math.] fourth root
detail  sei3 bin1 jing4  si4 bian1 xing2 = [math.] quadrilateral
detail  sei3 gwok3  si4 guo2 = Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
detail  sei3 ping4  si4 ping2 = Siping (city in Jilin)
detail  sei3 ping4 dei6 keoi1  si4 ping2 di4 qu1 = Siping district (district in Jilin)
detail  sei3 wu4 hoeng1  si4 hu2 xiang1 = Sihu (A rural township in Yunlin, Taiwan)
detail  sei3 wui6  si4 hui4 = Sihui (city in Guangdong)
detail  sei3 zi2 wong4 kei4  si4 zi3 wang2 qi2 = Siziwang qi (place in Inner Mongolia)
detail  sei3 tung1 din6 zi2 gei6 seot6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1   = Stone Electronic Technology Ltd.
detail  fung6 wong4 sei3 cung4 zau3   = Phoenix Quartet (TVB drama)
detail  sei3 cyun1 hong4 hung1   = Sichuan Airlines
detail  jat1 sei3 saam1 cat1   = code for "I love you forever"
detail  luk6 sei3 daai6 tou4 saat3  liu4 si4 da4 tu2 sha1 = Tian'anmen massacre
detail  luk6 sei3 gei3 nim6 wut6 dung6  liu4 si4 ji4 nian4 huo2 dong4 = Tian'anmen massacre commemorative activities
detail  sei3 kap1 fo2 ging2   = a No.4 alarm
detail  sei3 ng5 hang4 dung6   = April Fifth Action Group
detail  sei3 ng5 hang4 dung6 siu2 zou2   = April 5th Action Group
detail  ng5 sei3 wan6 dung6   = 5.4.1919 (the May 4th Movement)
detail  sei3 cyun1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1  si4 chuan1 hang2 kong1 gong1 si1 = Sichuan Airlines
detail  faat3 pei4 sei3  fa1 pi2 si4 = variant of 發脾氣
detail  jat1 saam1 jat1 sei3   = a pun on 一生一世 (a lifetime), lit., "1314"
detail  saam1 cai1 sei3 cip3  san1 qi1 si4 qie4 = three wives and four concubines; to have multiple wives
detail  sei3 gok3 hou6 maa5  si4 jiao3 hao4 ma3 = four corners Chinese coding method (common formation)
detail  sei3 syu1  si4 shu1 = the Four Books
detail  sei3 cyun1 daai6 hok6  si4 chuan1 da4 xue2 = Sichuan University
detail  dai6 sei3 ngan4 hong4   = Daishi Bank, Ltd. (common formation)
detail  sei3 haa6 leoi5  si4 xia4 li5 = surrounding area
detail  gong1 naam4 sei3 daai6 coi4 zi2  jiang1 nan2 si4 da4 cai2 zi3 = the four great southern talents of the Ming
detail  sei3 daai6 zi6 jau4  si4 da4 zi4 you2 = the four great rights (as written into the PRC constitution)
detail  sei3 gau6  si4 jiu4 = the "four olds" (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits)
detail  sei3 jan4 bong1  si4 ren2 bang1 = the Gang of Four
detail  sei3 min6 co2 go1  si4 mian4 chu3 ge1 = besieged on all sides; to be utterly isolated
detail  ho4 si3 jyut3 ce2 gung1  he2 si4 yi3 che3 gong1 = names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale
detail  sei3 luk6 jyut3 hei1  si4 lv4 yi3 xi1 = tetrachloroethylene
detail  saam1 saam1 sei3  san1 san1 si4 = 334 academic structure reform
detail  sei3 jyu4  si4 yu2 = four directions; four walls
detail  sei3 muk6 seong1 deoi3  si4 mu4 xiang1 dui4 = when two people's eyes meet, eye to eye
detail  sei3 fan1 wai6  si4 fen1 wei4 = quarterback (in American football); Backquarter (band name)

Showing all 7 examples containing 四
detail 四十等於
Forty divided by eight equals five.
[Lit. forty divide eight equals five. This is okay both for written and spoken Cantonese.]
detail 漢字歷史上古老文字之一大概四千
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
detail 四正!
These writings are very neat and tidy.
detail 星期四如何?
How about Thursday?
detail 二分畀人使穿
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.
detail 琴晚閂窗發覺身體蚊𧕴
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.
detail 四月忽然間落場大雪真係五月」!
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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