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Found 219 word entries for "四"
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Word | jyutping | pinyin | Meaning | |
乾煸四季豆 | gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 | dry (no water) stir fried string beans, Szechuan style | ||
四角豆 | sei3 gok3 dau6 | Four corner bean, winged bean. Legume plant. | ||
四方 | sei3 fong1 | square | ||
星期四 | sing1 kei4 sei3 | Thursday | ||
四月 | sei3 jyut6 | April | ||
第四 | dai6 sei3 | fourth | ||
四十 | sei3 sap6 | forty | ||
十四 | sap6 sei3 | fourteen; 14 | ||
二十四日 | ji6 sap6 sei3 jat6 | 24th day of the month | ||
十四日 | sap6 sei3 jat6 | 14th day of the month | ||
四日 | sei3 jat6 | 4th day of the month | ||
四季 | sei3 gwai3 | the four seasons | ||
四眼仔 | sei3 ngaan5 zai2 | 粵 four-eyes | ||
禮拜四 | lai5 baai3 sei3 | Thursday | ||
四面 | sei3 min6 | on all sides; all around | ||
四個小時 | sei3 go3 siu2 si4 | four hours | ||
四分之一 | sei3 fan6 zi1 jat1 | one-quarter | ||
四十三 | sei3 sap6 saam1 | forty three; 43 | ||
四十六 | sei3 sap6 luk6 | forty six; 46 | ||
四十多 | sei3 sap6 do1 | more than 40 | ||
四千 | sei3 cin1 | four thousand; 4,000 | ||
四天 | sei3 tin1 | 國 four days | ||
四年 | sei3 nin4 | four years | ||
四年前 | sei3 nin4 cin4 | four years previously | ||
四月十七號 | sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6 | April 17 | ||
四百億 | sei3 baak3 jik1 | 40 billion | ||
四百萬 | sei3 baak3 maan6 | four million | ||
四邊兒 | sei3 bin1 ji4 | 國 (on) four sides, all around | ||
四邊 | sei3 bin1 | (on) four sides, all around | ||
三十四 | saam1 sap6 sei3 | thirty-four; 34 | ||
二十四 | ji6 sap6 sei3 | twenty-four; 24 | ||
四個字 | sei3 go3 zi6 | twenty minutes | ||
四十年代 | sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6 | in the 1940's | ||
八十四 | baat3 sap6 sei3 | eighty-four; 84 | ||
七十四 | cat1 sap6 sei3 | seventy-four; 74 | ||
第十四 | dai6 sap6 sei3 | fourteenth | ||
第四十 | dai6 sei3 sap6 | fortieth | ||
九十四 | gau2 sap6 sei3 | ninety-four; 94 | ||
六十四 | luk6 sap6 sei3 | sixty-four; 64 | ||
五十四 | ng5 sap6 sei3 | fifty-four; 54 | ||
十四世紀 | sap6 sei3 sai3 gei3*2 | 14th Century | ||
四十八 | sei3 sap6 baat3 | forty-eight; 48 | ||
四十七 | sei3 sap6 cat1 | forty-seven; 47 | ||
四十九 | sei3 sap6 gau2 | forty-nine; 49 | ||
四十一 | sei3 sap6 jat1 | forty-one; 41 | ||
四十二 | sei3 sap6 ji6 | forty-two; 42 | ||
四十五 | sei3 sap6 ng5 | forty-five; 45 | ||
四十四 | sei3 sap6 sei3 | forty-four; 44 | ||
嫌三嫌四 | jim4 saam1 jim4 sei3 | dislike this and that; be picky | ||
三朋四友 | saam1 pang4 sei3 jau5 | friends; cronies | ||
四草 | sei3 cou2 | 粵 40 bucks; 40 dollars | ||
四川 | sei3 cyun1 | Sichuan | ||
四仔 | sei3 zai2 | 粵 pornographic video / film; heroin | ||
四肢 | sei3 zi1 | arms and legs | ||
四驅車 | sei3 keoi1 ce1 | four-wheel drive (4WD) car | ||
四條 | sei3 tiu4*2 | 粵 four of a kind (poker) | ||
唔三唔四 | m4 saam1 m4 sei3 | 粵 dubious, shady | ||
廿四小時 | jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4 | 粵 24-hours; the entire day | ||
四面八方 | sei3 min6 baat3 fong1 | in all directions | ||
前四後六 | cin4 sei3 hau6 luk6 | 10 weeks maternity leave | ||
四合院 | sei3 hap6 jyun6*2 | siheyuan -- a type of traditional Chinese-style home | ||
三番四次 | saam1 faan1 sei3 ci3 | (to do sth.) over and over again | ||
四處 | sei3 cyu5 | all over the place | ||
四週 | sei3 zau1 | all around | ||
朝三暮四 | ziu1 saam1 mou6 sei3 | to be fickle | ||
週四 | zau1 sei3 | 國 Thursday | ||
四川省 | sei3 cyun1 saang2 | Sichuan, a southwest China province | ||
四位 | sei3 wai6*2 | four-digit | ||
上周四 | soeng6 zau1 sei3 | 國 last Thursday | ||
廿四 | jaa6 sei3 | 粵 24 (hours in the day, etc) | ||
四捨五入 | sei3 se2 ng5 jap6 | rounding (off) | ||
四眼 | sei3 ngaan5 | with spectacles; one who wears glasses; | ||
廿四味 | jaa6 sei3 mei6*2 | 粵 twenty-four herbal tea | ||
四圍 | sei3 wai4 | four sides, all around | ||
四方形 | sei3 fong1 jing4 | square shape | ||
四腳蛇 | sei3 goek3 se4 | a lizard | ||
四周圍 | sei3 zau1 wai4 | on all sides | ||
四便士 | sei3 bin6 si6 | groat, an old silver English coin of fourpence | ||
四級 | sei3 kap1 | "category four", cat-IV, illegal porn VCDs in HK, pornographic film | ||
四折 | sei3 zit3 | 60% discount | ||
一九四九年 | jat1 gau2 sei3 gau2 nin4 | the year 1949 (Communist revolution) | ||
一千四百二十九 | jat1 cin1 sei3 baak3 ji6 sap6 gau2 | 1429 | ||
不三不四 | bat1 saam1 bat1 sei3 | 國 dubious, nondescript, shady, neither one thing nor the other | ||
板板六十四 | baan2 baan2 luk6 sap6 sei3 | unaccommodating; rigid | ||
四門轎車 | sei3 mun4 giu6*2 ce1 | sedan (motor car) | ||
四輪馬車 | sei3 leon4 maa5 ce1 | chariot | ||
四年制的大學 | sei3 nin4 zai3 dik1 daai6 hok6 | four-year university | ||
平行四邊形 | ping4 hang4 sei3 bin1 jing4 | parallelograms | ||
四重奏 | sei3 cung4 zau3 | quartet (instrumentation) | ||
四重唱 | sei3 cung4 coeng3 | a quartet | ||
孖四 | maa1 sei3 | 粵 double fours; not to mind one's on business; to be a busybody | ||
一四 | jat1 sei3 | the 14K triad society | ||
四川腐乳 | sei3 cyun1 fu6 jyu5 | Sichuan bean curd | ||
四季豆 | sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 | kidney bean | ||
四海 | sei3 hoi2 | the four seas; the whole country; the whole world | ||
四海之內 | sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6 | worldwide | ||
四新 | sei3 san1 | the four "news" (new ideas, culture, customs, and habits) | ||
四肢無力 | sei3 zi1 mou4 lik6 | tiring arms and legs | ||
五湖四海 | ng5 wu4 sei3 hoi2 | all corners of the land | ||
十四K | sap6 sei3 kei1 | 粵 the 14K triad society | ||
第四季度 | dai6 sei3 gwai1 dou6 | fourth quarter (of a year) | ||
四海之內皆兄弟 | sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6 gaai1 hing1 dai6 | all are brothers within the four seas | ||
張三李四 | zoeng1 saam1 lei5 sei3 | Tom, Dick or Harry | ||
瓜四 | gwaa1 sei3 | black sheep (spendthrift) of the family | ||
講三講四 | gong2 saam1 gong2 sei3 | 粵 to gossip about | ||
四眼狗 | sei3 ngaan5 gau2 | generic insult to those who wear glasses | ||
四眼佬 | sei3 ngaan5 lou2 | a guy who wears glasses | ||
四眼妹 | sei3 ngaan5 mui6*1 | a girl who wears glasses | ||
攻打四方城 | gung1 daa2 sei3 fong1 sing4 | 粵 play mahjong | ||
攪三攪四 | gaau2 saam1 gaau2 sei3 | to visit prostitutes; to get into trouble | ||
四方竹 | sei3 fong1 zuk1 | Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (square bamboo) | ||
四方緙 | sei3 fong1 kwaak1 | 粵 four-sided square | ||
男人四十一枝花,女人四十爛茶渣 | 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 | ||
中國四大發明 | zung1 gwok3 sei3 daai6 faat3 ming4 | the big four inventions (from China) | ||
阿四 | aa3 sei3 | 粵 worker, labourer | ||
十四行詩 | sap6 sei3 hong4 si1 | sonnet | ||
四行 | sei3 hong4 | the natural elements | ||
四正 | si3 zeng3 | 粵 neat and proper; | ||
勾三搭四 | ngau1 saam1 daap3 sei3 | 粵 promiscuous | ||
丟三落四 | diu1 saam1 lok6 sei3 | absentminded; forgetful | ||
四四六六 | sei3 sei3 luk6 luk6 | 粵 properly; in the right way; fair, acceptable (for agreements) | ||
四拍四 | sei3 paak3 sei3 | 4/4 time in music; (slang) to thrust out one's chest | ||
臭四 | cau3 sei3 | 粵 a stupid useless person (lit., "smelly four") | ||
四川泡菜 | sei3 cyun1 paau3 coi3 | Szechuan pickled cabbage | ||
說三道四 | syut3 saam1 dou6 sei3 | 國 saying this and that | ||
四星級 | sei3 sing1 kap1 | four star class | ||
四絃琴 | sei3 jin4 kam4 | tetrachord (musical instrument) | ||
戴四方帽 | daai3 sei3 fong1 mou6*2 | get graduated from college | ||
拋四方帽 | paau1 sei3 fong1 mou6*2 | get graduated from college | ||
四圍貢 | sei3 wai4 gung3 | 粵 loiter around | ||
十四號 | sap6 sei3 hou6 | the fourteenth day of the month; [粵]: the 14K triad society | ||
三更窮四更富 | saam1 gang1 kung4 sei3 gang1 fu3 | 粵 poor one moment, rich the next; wealth and poverty is not constant, long-lasting, forever. | ||
四大名著 | sei3 daai6 ming4 zyu3 | the Four Chinese Classical Novels | ||
四大發明 | sei3 daai6 faat3 ming4 | the four great Chinese inventions | ||
文房四寶 | man4 fong4*2 sei3 bou2 | the Four Treasures of the Study | ||
四線譜 | sei3 sin3 pou2 | tablature, tab (for bass) | ||
四眼婆 | sei3 ngaan5 po4*2 | a woman who wears glasses | ||
四通八達 | sei3 tung1 baat3 daat6 | extend in all directions | ||
魅力四射 | mei6 lik6 sei3 se6 | glamorous | ||
噏三噏四 | ngap1 saam1 ngap1 sei3 | 粵 to babble away; to tattle or gossip | ||
四萬噉嘅面口 | sei3 maan6 gam2 ge3 min6 hau2 | 粵 wear a big smile | ||
四點火 | sei3 dim2 fo2 | Kangxi radical 86 (fire) (灬) | ||
四點底 | sei3 dim2 dai2 | Kangxi radical 86 (fire) (灬) | ||
四网頭 | sei4 mong5 tau4 | Kangxi radical 122 (net) (罒) | ||
交叉四 | gaau1 caa1 sei3 | Kangxi radical 122 (net) (罓) | ||
四大天王 | sei3 daai6 tin1 wong4 | The Four Great Heavenly Kings; Lokapala | ||
大戰四方城 | daai6 zin3 sei3 fong1 sing4 | 粵 [slang] play majong | ||
問三問四 | man6 saam1 man6 sei3 | 粵 ask all kinds of nosy questions | ||
三催四請 | saam1 ceoi1 sei4 cing2 | to try to persuade sb. to visit again and again | ||
四邑方言 | sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 | Siyi division of Yue dialects | ||
四仔主義 | sei3 zai2 zyu2 ji6 | 粵 ideology of the little-four | ||
亂噏廿四 | lyun6 ngap1 jaa6 sei3 | 粵 talk nonsense, to say random / illogical things | ||
四聲 | sei3 sing1 | four tones | ||
四重奏樂團 | sei3 cung4 zau3 ngok6 tyun4 | quartet (group) | ||
四分五裂 | sei3 fan6 ng5 lit3 | to be split apart; to fall apart | ||
四葉草 | sei3 jip6 cou2 | four leaf clover | ||
四旬齋 | sei3 ceon4 zaai1 | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) | ||
四圍刮 | sei3 wai4 gwaat3 | 粵 search all over for; look all around for | ||
四書五經 | sei3 syu1 ng5 ging1 | Confucian classics | ||
名揚四海 | ming4 joeng4 sei3 hoi2 | be renowned around the world | ||
四腳爬爬 | sei3 goek3 paa4 paa4*2 | 粵 crawling (on hands and knees) | ||
四海一家 | sei3 hoi2 jat1 gaa1 | the world is a big family | ||
男兒志在四方 | naam4 ji4 zi3 zoi6 sei3 fong1 | a man should have great ambitions and ideals | ||
四散 | sei3 saan3 | scatter in all directions | ||
四二一家庭 | sei3 ji6 jat1 gaa1 ting4 | 421 family | ||
四季桔 | sei3 gwai3 gat1 | calamondin (small evergreen citrus tree or its fruit) | ||
四項 | sei3 hong6 | tetrachoric | ||
四邑 | sei3 jap1 | Siyi (Cantonese variant spoken in Kaiping and Doumen counties in Guangdong) | ||
大四喜 | daai6 sei3 hei2 | (mahjong) big four winds / four great blessings | ||
四暗刻 | sei3 am3 kaan5 | (mahjong) hidden treasure | ||
披頭四 | pei1 tau4 sei3 | the Beatles | ||
四槓子 | sei3 gong3 zi2 | (mahjong) four kong/quadruplet hand [alternate] | ||
四季牌 | sei3 gwai3 paai4*2 | (mahjong) season tiles | ||
四圈牌 | sei3 hyun1 paai4*2 | (mahjong) a full game [alternate] | ||
小四喜 | siu2 sei3 hei2 | (mahjong) little four winds/four minor blessings | ||
六四事件 | luk6 sei3 si6 gin6*2 | Tian'anmen incident of 4th Jun 1989 | ||
四氟化鈾 | sei3 fat1 faa3 jau4 | uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) | ||
四氫大麻酚 | sei3 hing1 daai6 maa4 fan1 | tetrahydrocannabinal (THC) - principle ingredient in marijuana | ||
四環素 | sei3 waan4 sou3 | tetracycline | ||
四面體 | sei3 min6 tai2 | tetrahedron | ||
四維空間 | sei3 wai4 hung1 gaan1 | [math.] four dimensional space | ||
四次方根 | sei3 ci3 fong1 gan1 | [math.] fourth root | ||
四邊形 | sei3 bin1 jing4 | [math.] quadrilateral | ||
四國 | sei3 gwok3 | Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) | ||
四平 | sei3 ping4 | Siping (city in Jilin) | ||
四平地區 | sei3 ping4 dei6 keoi1 | Siping district (district in Jilin) | ||
四湖鄉 | sei3 wu4 hoeng1 | Sihu (A rural township in Yunlin, Taiwan) | ||
四會 | sei3 wui6 | Sihui (city in Guangdong) | ||
四子王旗 | sei3 zi2 wong4 kei4 | Siziwang qi (place in Inner Mongolia) | ||
四通電子技術有限公司 | sei3 tung1 din6 zi2 gei6 seot6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 | Stone Electronic Technology Ltd. | ||
鳳凰四重奏 | fung6 wong4 sei3 cung4 zau3 | Phoenix Quartet (TVB drama) | ||
四川航空 | sei3 cyun1 hong4 hung1 | Sichuan Airlines | ||
一四三七 | jat1 sei3 saam1 cat1 | code for "I love you forever" | ||
六四大屠殺 | luk6 sei3 daai6 tou4 saat3 | Tian'anmen massacre | ||
六四紀念活動 | luk6 sei3 gei3 nim6 wut6 dung6 | Tian'anmen massacre commemorative activities | ||
四級火警 | sei3 kap1 fo2 ging2 | a No.4 alarm | ||
四五行動 | sei3 ng5 hang4 dung6 | April Fifth Action Group | ||
四五行動小組 | sei3 ng5 hang4 dung6 siu2 zou2 | April 5th Action Group | ||
五四運動 | ng5 sei3 wan6 dung6 | 5.4.1919 (the May 4th Movement) | ||
四川航空公司 | sei3 cyun1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1 | Sichuan Airlines | ||
發脾四 | faat3 pei4 sei3 | 粵 variant of 發脾氣 | ||
一三一四 | jat1 saam1 jat1 sei3 | a pun on 一生一世 (a lifetime), lit., "1314" | ||
三妻四妾 | saam1 cai1 sei3 cip3 | three wives and four concubines; to have multiple wives | ||
四角號碼 | sei3 gok3 hou6 maa5 | four corners Chinese coding method | ||
四書 | sei3 syu1 | the Four Books | ||
四川大學 | sei3 cyun1 daai6 hok6 | Sichuan University | ||
第四銀行 | dai6 sei3 ngan4 hong4 | Daishi Bank, Ltd. | ||
四下裡 | sei3 haa6 leoi5 | 國 surrounding area | ||
江南四大才子 | gong1 naam4 sei3 daai6 coi4 zi2 | the four great southern talents of the Ming | ||
四大自由 | sei3 daai6 zi6 jau4 | the four great rights (as written into the PRC constitution) | ||
四舊 | sei3 gau6 | the "four olds" (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits) | ||
四人幫 | sei3 jan4 bong1 | the Gang of Four | ||
四面楚歌 | sei3 min6 co2 go1 | besieged on all sides; to be utterly isolated | ||
合四乙尺工 | ho4 si3 jyut3 ce2 gung1 | names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale | ||
四氯乙烯 | sei3 luk6 jyut3 hei1 | tetrachloroethylene | ||
三三四 | saam1 saam1 sei3 | 334 academic structure reform | ||
四隅 | sei3 jyu4 | four directions; four walls | ||
四目相對 | sei3 muk6 seong1 deoi3 | when two people's eyes meet, eye to eye | ||
四分衛 | sei3 fan1 wai6 | quarterback (in American football); Backquarter (band name) |
Found 7 Chinese Examples for "四" | ||
四十除八等於五 | Forty divided by eight equals five. | |
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一,大概四千歲了。 | 國 Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old. | |
啲字寫得好四正! | 粵 These writings are very neat and tidy. | |
星期四如何? | 國 How about Thursday? | |
受人二分四畀人使穿鼻! | 粵 Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration. | |
佢琴晚冇閂窗,一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴 | 粵 He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites. | |
四月尾忽然間落場大雪,真係「未食五月粽,寒衣唔入籠」! | 粵 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! |