Chinese symbol for “fourth”
四次
sì cì
fourth; four times; quartic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fourth is 四次 (sì cì), defined as: fourth; four times; quartic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fourth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 | dīng | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 (tiān gān) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 四次.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 十四 | shí sì | fourteen; 14 |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty; 40 |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng) |
| 一次 | yī cì | first; first time |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | the first time; for the first time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fourth”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.