FOUR    四

The NUMBER which is the successor of THREE.
Hypernym
  • NUMBER　QUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.] (anc: 6/0, child: 19)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)

Words (2 items)

四  sì OC: plids MC: si 26 Attributions

four

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 方/DIRECTION The general term for direction as a part of space is fāng 方.
  • Epithet: 時/SEASON The general term for a season is shí 時, and the primary seasons are chūn 春 and qiū 秋, in Warring States times the names of the Four Seasons became current.
  • Epithet: 海/SEA The dominant word for the sea is hǎi 海.

    Syntactic words
  • ncataphoricthe following four things
  • nordinalthe fourth item
  • v(adN)the fourth of the contextually determinate NIH
  • v(adN)cardinalfour contextually determinate itemsDS
  • vadNthe fourth
  • vadNnumberfourLZ
  • vadVfour timesCH
  • vibe four in number
  • vi(adN)be four in number (of the contetually determinate N)CH
  • vtoNbe four times the amount of
  • vtoNhavehave four N
乘  shèng OC: ɢjɯŋs MC: ʑɨŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nadNfour