# 四季
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sìjì
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei$^3$ gwai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei$^1$ gei$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si-kui
* Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳ-gié
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kùi / sù-kùi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sy-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sìjì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjì
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$-chi$^4$
*** Yale: sz̀-jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjih
*** Palladius: сыцзи (syczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^3$ gwai$^3$
*** Yale: sei gwai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^3$ gwai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^3$ guei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhei$^1$ gei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬei³³ kei³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-kui
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi gui
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^4$ gui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ ku̯i⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳ-gié
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(k-)}$iɛ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kùi
*** Tâi-lô: sì-kuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kuix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-kùi
*** Tâi-lô: sù-kuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo'kuix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-ci
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

### Noun

四季
* the four seasons

#### Synonyms

* 一年到暗 (Hakka)
* 一年到頭 / 一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
* 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
* 全年 (quánnián)
* 四時 / 四时 (sìshí)
* 夠年 / 够年 (gao$^3$ ni$^5$) (Teochew)
* 完年 (Hakka)
* 常年 (chángnián)
* 成年 (chéngnián) (informal)
* 整年 (zhěngnián)
* 歲時 / 岁时 (suìshí)
* 永年 (yǒngnián)
* 終年 / 终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
* 終歲 / 终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
* 規圇年 / 规囵年 (Hokkien)
* 規年 / 规年 (Hokkien)
* 規年通天 / 规年通天 (Hokkien)
* 透年 (Hokkien)
* 長年 / 长年

#### Derived terms

* 四季如春 (sìjìrúchūn)
* 四季橘 (sìjìjú)
* 四季蘭 / 四季兰 (sìjìlán)
* 四季豆 (sìjìdòu)
* 四季青 (sìjìqīng)

#### See also

Seasons in Mandarin · 四季 (sìjì, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category :
| 春 (chūn, “spring”) | 夏 (xià, “summer”) | 秋 (qiū, “fall; autumn”) | 冬 (dōng, “winter”) |
* 季節／季节 (jìjié)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 四 | 季 |
| し Grade: 1 | き Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しき [shíꜜkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɕi̥kʲi]

### Noun

四(し)季(き) • (shiki)
* The four seasons
    四季(しき)を通(つう)じて
       shiki o tsūjite
       throughout the year (all four seasons)
    四季(しき)の移(うつ)り変(か)わり
       shiki no utsurikawari
       the change of the seasons

#### Derived terms

* 四季(しき)折々(おりおり) (shikioriori)
* 四季咲(しきざ)き (shikizaki)
* 四季(シキ)鳥(チョウ) (shikichō)
* 四季(しき)報(ほう) (shikihō)

### See also

Seasons in Japanese · 四(し)季(き) (shiki, “four seasons”) (layout · text) · category :
| 春(はる) (haru, “spring”) 春(しゅん)季(き) (shunki, “spring”) 春(しゅん)期(き) (shunki, “spring period”) | 夏(なつ) (natsu, “summer”) 夏(か)季(き) (kaki, “summer”) 夏(か)期(き) (kaki, “summer period”) | 秋(あき) (aki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)季(き) (shūki, “fall; autumn”) 秋(しゅう)期(き) (shūki, “fall period”) | 冬(ふゆ) (fuyu, “winter”) 冬(とう)季(き) (tōki, “winter”) 冬(とう)期(き) (tōki, “winter period”) |

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 四 | 季 |

### Noun

四季 • (sagye) (hangeul 사계)
* hanja form of 사계 (“the four seasons”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 四 | 季 |

### Noun

四季
* chữ Hán form of tứ quý (“four of a kind”).