四夷
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]four | safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian | ||
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simp. and trad. (四夷) |
四 | 夷 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyí
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ4-i2
- Yale: sz̀-yí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyi
- Palladius: сыи (syi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵¹ i³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sei3 ji4
- Yale: sei yìh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sei3 ji4
- Guangdong Romanization: séi3 yi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sei̯³³ jiː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]四夷
- (chiefly historical) the four barbarian tribes on the borders
- 然則王之所大欲可知已。欲辟土地,朝秦楚,蒞中國而撫四夷也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Ránzé wáng zhī suǒ dà yù kě zhī yǐ. Yù pì tǔdì, cháo Qín Chǔ, lì Zhōngguó ér fǔ sìyí yě. [Pinyin]
- Then, what your Majesty greatly desires may be known. You wish to enlarge your territories, to have Qin and Chu wait at your court, to rule the Middle Kingdom, and to attract to you the barbarous tribes that surround it.
然则王之所大欲可知已。欲辟土地,朝秦楚,莅中国而抚四夷也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Buddhism) Synonym of 四夷戒
- (Buddhism) Synonym of 四波羅夷 / 四波罗夷 (sì bōluóyí)