HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Time

四季 sìjì “the four seasons” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 四季 means

  1. the four seasons
  2. four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬

How to say 四季

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale季jì4th tone, falling

四季 in a sentence

  1. 一年有四季。

    Yì nián yǒu sìjì.

    There are four seasons in a year.

    Sentence #6098476 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 四季 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 季 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
季jìseason
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 子child · zǐ

How to write 四季

四 5 strokes · 季 8 strokes

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

四季 (sìjì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 四季 (sìjì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 四季

Words with 四

四sì · four四肢sìzhī · limbs丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

Words with 季

季jì · season季节jìjié · season季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)季军jìjūn · third place淡季dànjì · off season

More words: Time & Dates

秋天qiūtiān · autumn半天bàntiān · half a day前天qiántiān · the day before yesterday后天hòutiān · the day after tomorrow工作日gōngzuòrì · working day前年qiánnián · the year before last后年hòunián · the year after next之后zhīhòu · after

FAQs

四季 (sìjì) means “the four seasons” or “four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it sìjì: sì with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 四季 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type siji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 四季 from the suggestions. Typing siji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
四季 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.