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

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ syu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei¹ si¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sù-su / Sì-chir / Sù-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sìshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhshu
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴-shu¹
    • Yale: Sz̀-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhshu
    • Palladius: Сышу (Syšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ syu¹
    • Yale: sei syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ syː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhei¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬei³³ si³³/
• Southern Min
  • (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): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sù-si
    • Tâi-lô: Sù-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suosy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ si⁴⁴/

Proper noun

四書

1. 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

Related terms

• 五經／五经 (Wǔjīng)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 四書 (Sìshū).

Proper noun

1. the Four Books

See also

• 四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō)
• 大(だい)学(がく) (Daigaku)
• 中(ちゅう)庸(よう) (Chūyō)
• 論(ろん)語(ご) (Rongo)
• 孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
四	書

Proper noun

四書 • (Saseo) (hangeul 사서)

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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
四	書

Proper noun

四書

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