李四

Chinese

		surname; plum	four
trad. (李四)		李	四
simp. #(李四)		李	四

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐ Sì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐ Sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐ Sìh
    • Wade–Giles: Li³ Ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: Lǐ Sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lii Syh
    • Palladius: Ли Сы (Li Sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ sei³
    • Yale: léih sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ sei̯³³/

Proper noun

李四

1. John Doe

Usage notes

• 李四 (Lǐ Sì) is usually used when there is an aforementioned 張三／张三 (Zhāng Sān), referring to a second John Doe.

Coordinate terms

• 張三／张三 (Zhāng Sān)
• 王五 (Wáng Wǔ)

Derived terms

• 張三李四／张三李四 (zhāngsān-lǐsì)