四維

Chinese

		four	to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension
trad. (四維)		四	維
simp. (四维)		四	维

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ wai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sù-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhwei
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ wai⁴
  - Yale: sei wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ wei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ wɐi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: sù-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ ui²³/

Noun

四維

the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity, and honour
(literary) the southeastern, southwestern, northeastern, and northwestern corners
(literary, by extension) the four directions; all directions

See also

禮義廉恥／礼义廉耻

Adjective

四維

(attributive) four-dimensional

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