HSK 6 · Body

四肢 sìzhī “limbs” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 四肢 means

  1. limbs
  2. arms and legs
  3. the four limbs of the body

How to say 四肢

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale四sì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale肢zhī1st tone, high and level

四肢 in a sentence

  1. 游泳可以锻炼四肢。

    Yóuyǒng kěyǐ duànliàn sìzhī.

    Swimming exercises your arms and legs.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 做完运动，要活动活动四肢。

    Zuòwán yùndòng, yào huódong huódong sìzhī.

    After exercise, loosen up your arms and legs.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 四肢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 四 (sì) with each of its parts in a different colour
四sìfour
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 儿legs · ér
The character 肢 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
肢zhīlimb
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 支branch · zhīSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

How to write 四肢

四 5 strokes · 肢 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

四肢 (sìzhī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 四肢 (sìzhī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 四肢

Words with 四

四sì · four四季sìjì · the four seasons丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

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FAQs

四肢 (sìzhī) means “limbs” or “arms and legs”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sìzhī: sì with a 4th tone, then zhī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 四肢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 四肢 from the suggestions. Typing sizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
四肢 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.