四瀆

See also: 四渎

Chinese

		four	ditch; trouble (some one to do)
trad. (四瀆)		四	瀆
simp. (四渎)		四	渎
Literally: “four large rivers that empty into an ocean”.

Etymology

Refers to 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng), 黃河／黄河 (Huáng Hé), 淮河 (Huái Hé) and 濟水／济水 (Jǐ Shuǐ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sì Dú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sì Dú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sìh Dú
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴ Tu²
    • Yale: Sz̀ Dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syh Dwu
    • Palladius: Сы Ду (Sy Du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ duk⁶
    • Yale: sei duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ tʊk̚²/

Proper noun

四瀆

1. (archaic) the Yangtze, Huai River, Yellow River and Ji River

Hyponyms

• 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng)
• 黃河／黄河 (Huáng Hé)
• 淮河 (Huái Hé)
• 濟水／济水 (Jǐ Shuǐ)