四書

See also: 四书

Chinese

		four	book; letter
trad. (四書)		四	書
simp. (四书)		四	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sìshū

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ syu¹
Min Nan (POJ): Sù-su / Sì-chir / Sù-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sìshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhshu
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ syu¹
  - Yale: sei syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ xu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ ʃyː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-su
  - Tâi-lô: Sù-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suosw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sì-chir
  - Tâi-lô: Sì-tsir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-si
  - Tâi-lô: Sù-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suosy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Proper noun

四書

the Four Books (Chinese classic texts illustrating the core value and belief systems in Confucianism)

Hyponyms

the Four Books

大學／大学 (dàxué): the Great Learning
中庸 (zhōngyōng): the Doctrine of the Mean
論語／论语 (Lúnyǔ): the Analects of Confucius
孟子 (Mèngzǐ): Mencius

Derived terms

四書五經／四书五经

四書學／四书学 (sìshūxué)

Related terms

五經／五经 (Wǔjīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	書
し Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 四書

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ししょ [shíꜜshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɕiɕo̞]

Proper noun

四書 (hiragana ししょ, rōmaji Shisho)

(Confucianism) the Four Books

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	書

Proper noun

四書 • (Saseo) (hangeul 사서)

Hanja form^? of 사서 (“The Four Books (Confucian texts)”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
四	書

Proper noun

四書

Hán tự form of Tứ Thư (“The Four Books (Confucian texts)”).

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