四 (sì): meaning and stroke order

四 in our stories

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• 四个多小时很快就过去了。

  sì gè duō xiǎoshí hěn kuài jiù guòqu le

  The four-plus hours fly by.

  From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3

• 她一块一块地把石头填进天空的窟窿，又砍下一只巨龟的四条腿，立在大地的四个角，把天重新撑了起来。

  tā yí kuài yí kuài de bǎ shítou tián jìn tiānkōng de kūlong yòu kǎn xià yì zhī jùguī de sì tiáo tuǐ lì zài dàdì de sì gè jiǎo bǎ tiān chóngxīn chēng le qǐlai

  One by one she filled the hole with the stones, then cut off the four legs of a giant turtle and set them at the four corners of the earth to prop up the sky again.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 比赛那天早上，起点挤满了两万多名选手。人群中有一位头发花白的配速员，背上系着一个写着“四小时”的红气球。

  bǐsài nà tiān zǎoshang qǐdiǎn jǐmǎn le liǎngwàn duō míng xuǎnshǒu rénqún zhōng yǒu yí wèi tóufa huābái de pèisùyuán bèi shàng jì zhe yí gè xiě zhe sì xiǎoshí de hóng qìqiú

  On race morning more than twenty thousand runners were packed at the start. In the crowd was a grey-haired pacer with a red balloon tied to his back that read "four hours".

  From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9