สี่

See also: สี, สู้, ส, สู, and ส.

Thai
Thai cardinal numbers
 <  ๓ ๔ ๕  > 
    Cardinal : สี่ (sìi)
    Ordinal : ที่สี่ (tîi-sìi)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ (“four”), from Middle Chinese 四 (MC siɪH, “four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii1), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (si3), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sii), Zhuang seiq.

Pronunciation
Orthographic/Phonemicสี่
s ī ˋ
RomanizationPaiboonsìi
Royal Institutesi
(standard) IPA(key)/siː˨˩/

Numeral

สี่

  1. 4 (Thai numeral: ๔ (4))

Noun

สี่ • (sìi)

  1. four.
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