Pinyin "si4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "si4" is split up into two parts: "s" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "s"

Socrates.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced si4

Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

= + : Socrates built a Buddhist temple in the space station's bathroom. To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up", because he is proud of his work.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Buddhist shrine.
four / 4

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a four-leaved clover. Socrates (s) is working out in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's lifting four (四) wooden boxes (囗), and wonders why they are so heavy. He doesn't know that inside one of the four boxes, the monkey king (儿) is hiding and secretly laughing at him - until the monkey king comes out and surprises Socrates with a four-leaved clover (四).
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°

= + : A snake. Socrates is terribly afraid of a snake in the space station's bathroom, and he tries to defend himself with a shovel. However the snake already ate a mandarin, and Sokrates is next.
to feed (a person or animal)
old variant of 似[si4]

= + : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.
to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than

= + : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.
used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
to sacrifice / to offer libation to
variant of 祀[si4]
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop

= + : Socrates' (s) beard has already grown very long (镸) and he wants to do something about it in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Without the slightest scruple (肆) he uses a decorator's brush (聿) to paint his beard pink.
to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy
old variant of 飼|饲[si4]

= + : Socrates (s) and the manager (司) are rearing (饲) a Chinese cruller (饣) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To do so in zero gravity, they rear it from two sides.
to raise / to rear / to feed

= + : Socrates (s) and the manager (司) are rearing (饲) a Chinese cruller (饣) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To do so in zero gravity, they rear it from two sides.
succession (to a title) / to inherit / continuing (a tradition) / posterity
river in Shandong
nasal mucus
variant of 俟[si4]
(literary) to wait for