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 (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.
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).
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.
to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy
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.
variant of 祀[si4]
to sacrifice / to offer libation to
to feed (a person or animal)
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.
used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
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.
succession (to a title) / to inherit / continuing (a tradition) / posterity
river in Shandong
nasal mucus
variant of 俟[si4]
(literary) to wait for