si3駟驷

Jyutpingsi3

Yalesi

Definition

A carriage drawn by four horses, or a team of four horses.

a team of four horses, or a carriage drawn by four horses
an ancient constellation name

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How it's used

This term is strictly literary and belongs to classical Chinese vocabulary. You will almost never hear it in spoken Cantonese unless someone is quoting historical texts or discussing ancient transport. It is essentially a fossilized character in modern daily life.

Examples

gu2古si4時ge3嘅si3駟maa5馬ce1車zan1真hai6係hou2好wai1威fung1風。

The four-horse carriages in ancient times were really majestic.

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知si3駟hai6係doi6代biu2表sei3四pat1匹maa5馬laai1拉ce1車？

Do you know that 'si' represents a carriage pulled by four horses?

Common phrases

si3駟maa5馬naan4難zeoi1追

a promise once made cannot be retracted

Common mistake

Do not attempt to use this in modern contexts to describe cars or vehicles, as it specifically refers to horse-drawn carriages of antiquity. Learners often mistake it for a common noun, but it is highly specialized.