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Definition

四 as a Numeral, which means “four; 4”.

Culture meaning: 四 is a number that should be avoided. Because the pronunciation of 四 is similar to "死 death", people deliberately avoid this number, such as an address, ID number, telephone number, license plate number, door number, and so on.

Tongue twister: 四是四,十是十,十四是十四,四十是四十。

Example

四 as a Numeral.
1
Sān
jiā
děng
等于
  

Three plus one is four.

2
Jīntiān
今天
yǒu
míng
xuésheng
学生
chídào
迟到
le
  

Four students were late for the day.

3
zhè
这次
shì
第四
běijīng
北京
le
  

This is my fourth time in Beijing.

4
měitiān
每天
fēnzhī
分之
de
shíjiān
时间
dōu
zài
kàn
diànshì
电视
  

He spends a quarter of his day watching TV.