Word: 四 (sì)

一二三五六,没四

yí'èrsān wǔ liù,méi sì

one, two, three, five, six: no four

一只猫有一条尾巴和四只脚。

Yìzhī māo yǒu yìtiáo wěiba hé sì zhī jiǎo.

A cat has a tail and four legs.

三乘以四，积是十二。

Sān chéngyǐ sì, jī shì shí'èr.

Three times four gives a product of twelve.

买上四两棉花，纺一纺

mǎi shàng sì liǎng miánhua, fǎng yì fǎng

buy four taels of cotton and spin it a bit

二两棉花四张弓，细弹

èr liǎng miánhua sì zhāng gōng, xì dàn

two liang of cotton and four bows: fine fluffing (talking)

二加三加四的和是九。

Èr jiā sān jiā sì de hé shì jiǔ.

The sum of two plus three plus four is nine.

二、四、六都是偶数。

Èr, sì, liù dōu shì ǒushù.

Two, four and six are all even numbers.

二的二倍是四。

Èr de èr bèi shì sì.

Two times two is four.

二的四倍是八。

Èr de sì bèi shì bā.

Two times four is eight.

亚尼背上中了四枪。

Yà ní bèi shàng zhōng le sì qiāng.

Yanni had four shots in his back.

亚洲的大小约四倍于欧洲。

Yàzhōu de dàxiǎo yuē sì bèi yú Ōuzhōu.

Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.

今天我四岁了。

Jīntiān wǒ sì suì le.

Today I turn four years old.

他们结婚已经四年了。

Tāmen jiéhūn yǐjīng sì nián le.

They have been married for four years.

他会在四点左右到这里。

Tā huì zài sì diǎn zuǒyòu dào zhèlǐ.

He'll be here around four o'clock.

他是我们四人中间最年轻的。

Tā shì wǒmen sì rén zhōngjiān zuì niánqīng de.

He is the youngest amongst us four.

他答应我四点来。

Tā dāying wǒ sì diǎn lái.

He promised me that he would come at four.

他给他四美元。

Tā gěi tā sì měiyuán.

He paid him four dollars.

你有四只狗。

Nǐ yǒu sì zhī gǒu.

You have four dogs.

八减四得四。

Bā jiǎn sì de sì.

Eight minus four is four.

千金念白四两唱

qiānjīn niànbái sì liǎng chàng

a thousand gold pieces for spoken lines, four ounces for singing

南北战争持续了四年。

Nánběi zhànzhēng chíxùle sì nián.

America's Civil War lasted four years.

双拳不敌四手

shuāng quán bù dí sì shǒu

two fists are no match for four hands

只有四匹马参加了比赛。

Zhǐyǒu sì pǐ mǎ cānjiāle bǐsài.

Only four horses competed in the race.

四两棉花八张弓，细弹细弹

sì liǎng miánhua bā zhāng gōng, xì dàn xì dàn

four ounces of cotton and eight bows: fluff it fine, fluff it fine

四两能拨千斤重

sì liǎng néng bō qiānjīn zhòng

four ounces can move a thousand catties

四个人抬着一顶轿子。

Sì gè rén táizhe yì dǐng jiàozi.

Four men were carrying a litter.

四楼也有厕所。

Sì lóu yě yǒu cèsuǒ.

There is a toilet on the fourth floor, too.

四点前我都在忙。

Sì diǎn qián wǒ dōu zài máng.

I've got my hands full before 4 pm.

图书馆在四楼。

Túshūguǎn zài sì lóu.

The library is on the 4th floor.

在我的部门里有七男四女。

Zài wǒ de bùmén lǐ yǒu qī nán sì nǚ.

There are seven men and four women in my section.

大学的寝室里住着四个同学。

Dàxué de qǐnshì lǐ zhùzhe sì gè tóngxué.

Four classmates live in each dormitory room at the university.

奥运会每四年举行一次。

Àoyùnhuì měi sì nián jǔxíng yícì.

The Olympic Games are held every four years.

她哼着四四拍的歌。

Tā hēngzhe sì sì pāi de gē.

She hummed a song in four-four time.

好手不敌双拳，双拳不如四手

hǎoshǒu bù dí shuāng quán, shuāng quán bùrú sì shǒu

a good hand can't beat two fists; two fists are no match for four hands

委员会由四个成员组成。

Wěiyuánhuì yóu sì gè chéngyuán zǔchéng.

The committee consists of four members.

我为这家报社工作四年了。

Wǒ wèi zhè jiā bàoshè gōngzuò sì nián le.

I have been working for this newspaper for 4 years.

我们去坐四点十分的火车吧。

Wǒmen qù zuò sì diǎn shífēn de huǒchē ba.

Let's take the 4:10 train.

我们在日本里有四个季节。

Wǒmen zài Rìběn lǐ yǒu sì gè jìjié.

We have four seasons in Japan.

我们要坐四点出发的公交车。

Wǒmen yào zuò sì diǎn chūfā de gōngjiāochē.

We are going to take the bus that leaves at four.

我会等到四点。

Wǒ huì děngdào sì diǎn.

I'll wait till four o'clock.

我同学是复姓，名字有四个字。

Wǒ tóngxué shì fùxìng, míngzi yǒu sì gè zì.

My classmate has a two-character surname, so his name has four characters.

我四点要离开。

Wǒ sì diǎn yào líkāi.

I am leaving at four.

我已经走了超过四个小时。

Wǒ yǐjīng zǒule chāoguò sì gè xiǎoshí.

I have been walking for over four hours.

我怀孕四个月了。

Wǒ huáiyùn sì gè yuè le.

I am four months pregnant.

我是你四楼的邻居。

Wǒ shì nǐ sì lóu de línjū.

I'm your neighbour from the fourth floor.

我正在去第四医院的路上。

Wǒ zhèngzài qù dì sì yīyuàn de lùshang.

I'm going to the Number Four hospital.

我比你小四个月。

Wǒ bǐ nǐ xiǎo sì gè yuè.

I am four months younger than you.

我没有四个兄弟。

Wǒ méiyǒu sì gè xiōngdì.

I don't have four brothers.

我没有四个姐妹。

Wǒ méiyǒu sì gè jiěmèi.

I don't have four sisters.

我的公寓在四楼。

Wǒ de gōngyù zài sì lóu.

My apartment is on the fourth floor.

我请妈妈四点叫我起床。

Wǒ qǐng māma sì diǎn jiào wǒ qǐchuáng.

I asked Mother to wake me up at four.

我跟英语母语者学了四年英语。

Wǒ gēn Yīngyǔ mǔyǔzhě xué le sì nián Yīngyǔ.

I studied English for four years with a native speaker.

我通常四点回家。

Wǒ tōngcháng sì diǎn huíjiā.

I usually go home at four.

手甲的生长速度比脚甲快四倍。

Shǒu jiǎ de shēngzhǎng sùdù bǐ jiǎo jiǎ kuài sì bèi.

Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

本科要学四年，对吗？

Běnkē yào xué sì nián, duì ma?

The undergraduate course takes four years, right?

桃三杏四梨五年，枣子当年便还钱

táo sān xìng sì lí wǔ nián, zǎozi dāngnián biàn huán qián

peach three, apricot four, pear five years; the jujube pays back the same year

汽车有四个轮胎。

Qìchē yǒu sì gè lúntāi.

Cars have four wheels.

添一个蛤蟆四两力

tiān yí gè háma sì liǎng lì

Add one toad, gain four taels of strength

现在四点整。

Xiànzài sì diǎn zhěng.

It's now exactly four o'clock.

琵琶有四根弦，你知道吗？

Pípa yǒu sì gēn xián, nǐ zhīdào ma?

The pipa has four strings, did you know that?

红纸上写着恭贺新禧四个字。

Hóng zhǐ shàng xiězhe gōnghèxīnxǐ sì gè zì.

The red paper has the four characters for Happy New Year written on it.

请把这块布切割成四份。

Qǐng bǎ zhèkuài bù qiēgē chéng sì fèn.

Please cut this piece of cloth into four parts.

请给我们两把刀和四把叉。

Qǐng gěi wǒmen liǎng bǎ dāo hé sì bǎ chā.

Give us two knives and four forks, please.

这孩子才四岁，就识两百个字了。

Zhè háizi cái sì suì, jiù shí liǎng bǎi gè zì le.

This child is only four and already knows two hundred characters.

这家餐厅当初只有四张桌子。

Zhè jiā cāntīng dāngchū zhǐyǒu sì zhāng zhuōzi.

This restaurant originally had only four tables.

这张照片上有四个可爱的孩子。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiān shàng yǒu sì gè kě'ài de háizi.

There are four lovely children in this photo.

这栋建筑物分成四个房间。

Zhè dòng jiànzhùwù fēnchéng sì gè fángjiān.

The building was divided into four rooms.

这锅高汤熬了四个小时。

Zhè guō gāotāng áole sì gè xiǎoshí.

This pot of stock has been simmering for four hours.

这颗星星离我们有四光年远。

Zhè kē xīngxing lí wǒmen yǒu sì guāngnián yuǎn.

This star is four light-years away from us.

这首歌伴随我度过了大学四年。

Zhè shǒu gē bànsuí wǒ dùguòle dàxué sì nián.

This song accompanied me through my four years of university.

通过率提高了四个百分点。

Tōngguò lǜ tígāole sì gè bǎifēndiǎn.

The pass rate has gone up by four percentage points.

除了在家里喝的红酒，我又喝了四杯啤酒。

Chúle zài jiālǐ hē de hóngjiǔ, wǒ yòu hēle sì bēi píjiǔ.

Apart from the red wine I drank at home, I also had four beers.