四川 (Sì chuān) — Sichuan province

Definition

noun
Sichuan province

Examples

  • 四川。
    Wǒ lái zì Sì chuān shěng.
    I come from Sichuan province.
  • 四川。
    Sì chuān De huǒ guō hěn yǒu míng.
    Sichuan's hotpot is very famous.
  • 四川？
    Nǐ chī guò Sì chuān cài ma?
    Have you eaten Sichuan cuisine?

Origin

Characters in this word

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

川 is drawn to look like flowing water.

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