四裔

Chinese

		four	descendants; frontier
trad. (四裔)		四	裔
simp. #(四裔)		四	裔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyì
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyih
    • Palladius: сыи (syi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

四裔

1. (historical) the four frontiers of China

   • 渾敦、窮奇、檮杌、饕餮，投諸四裔，以禦螭魅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     浑敦、穷奇、梼杌、饕餮，投诸四裔，以御螭魅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Húndūn, Qióngqí, Táowù, Tāotiè, tóu zhū sìyì, yǐ yù chīmèi. [Pinyin]

     Chaos, oddity, block-stump, and glutton were all cast out to the four frontiers to ward off ill sprites and evil spirits.

   • 原野蕭條，目極四裔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     原野萧条，目极四裔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1st century CE, Ban Gu, 西都賦

     Yuányě xiāotiáo, mùjí sìyì. [Pinyin]

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