The Chinese word for `` four '' ( , pinyin : sì , jyutping : sei3 ) , sounds quite similar to the word for `` death '' ( , pinyin : sǐ , jyutping : sei2 ) , in many varieties of Chinese .
The Chinese word for `` four '' ( 四 , pinyin : sì , jyutping : sei3 ) , sounds very similar to the word for `` death '' ( 死 , pinyin : sǐ , jyutping : sei2 ) .