一二三四 (yī èr sān sì) — one, two, three, four (as a numeric sequence)

Definition

numeral

onetwothreefour (as a numeric sequence)

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Tā de diàn huà hào mǎ shì yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī bā.
His phone number is 1234 5678.
一二三四。
Yòu ér yuán de hái zi xué huì le yī èr sān sì.
The kindergarten children learned one, two, three, four.
一二三四。
Wǒ zhī huì shù dào yī èr sān sì.
I can only count to one, two, three, four.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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