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Chinese
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four
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to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension |
| trad. (四維)
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四
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維
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| simp. (四维)
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四
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维
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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四
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維
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sì
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wéi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sijH ›
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‹ ywij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.li-s/
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/*ɢʷij/ (? < *ɢʷuj)
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| English
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four
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rope for tying
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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四
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維
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12022
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12852
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Phonetic
component
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四
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唯
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Rime
group
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至
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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四
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惟
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljids/
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/*ɢʷi/
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Noun
四維
- the four social bonds (propriety, justice, integrity, and honour)
- (literary) the southeastern, southwestern, northeastern and northwestern corners
- (literary, by extension) the four directions; all directions
See also
Adjective
四維
- (attributive) four-dimensional
Derived terms
Japanese
Noun
四維 • (shī)
- the four ordinal directions
- Coordinate terms: 乾, 坤, 艮, 巽
- the four principles for the state
- Coordinate terms: 礼, 義, 廉, 恥