四散

Chinese

		four	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (四散)		四	散
simp. ^#(四散)		四	散

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìsàn

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ saan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si-san
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sì-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): si³ suan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìsàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄙㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhsàn
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-san⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-sàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhsann
  - Palladius: сысань (sysanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ saan³
  - Yale: sei saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ san³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ saːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-san
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi san
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ san⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ san⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sì-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siesvoax
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /si²¹⁻⁴² suã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si³ suan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì suàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sũã²¹³/

Verb

四散

to scatter in all directions; to disperse

Synonyms

切分 (qiēfēn)
分散 (fēnsàn)
分開 / 分开 (fēnkāi)
散開 / 散开 (sànkāi)

Antonyms

(literary) 坌集 (bènjí)
聚合 (jùhé)
聚集 (jùjí)
聚攏／聚拢 (jùlǒng)

Adverb

四散

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) carelessly; casually; at random; anyhow
四散呾 [Teochew] ― si³ suan³ dan³ [Peng'im] ― to talk nonsense

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Thai: ซี้ซั้ว (síi-súua)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	散
し Grade: 1	さん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しさん [shìsáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕisã̠ɴ]

Noun

四(し)散(さん) • (shisan)

scattering everywhere

Verb

四(し)散(さん)する • (shisan suru) intransitive suru (stem 四(し)散(さん)し (shisan shi), past 四(し)散(さん)した (shisan shita))

disperse, scatter
- 1948, Yoshio Toyoshima, Chīsaki hana ni mo‎^[1]:
  
  一(ひと)群(む)れずつ、ぱっぱっと四(し)散(さん)して、どこかへ行(い)ってしまったのであろう。
  Hito mure zutsu, pappatto shisan shite, doko ka e itte shimatta no de arō.
  They fluttered away one flock at a time and scattered to who knows where.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "四散する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	四散し	しさんし	shisan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	四散し	しさんし	shisan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	四散する	しさんする	shisan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	四散する	しさんする	shisan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	四散すれ	しさんすれ	shisan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	四散せよ¹ 四散しろ²	しさんせよ¹ しさんしろ²	shisan seyo¹ shisan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	四散される	しさんされる	shisan sareru
Causative	四散させる四散さす	しさんさせるしさんさす	shisan saseru shisan sasu
Potential	四散できる	しさんできる	shisan dekiru
Volitional	四散しよう	しさんしよう	shisan shiyō
Negative	四散しない	しさんしない	shisan shinai
Negative continuative	四散せず	しさんせず	shisan sezu
Formal	四散します	しさんします	shisan shimasu
Perfective	四散した	しさんした	shisan shita
Conjunctive	四散して	しさんして	shisan shite
Hypothetical conditional	四散すれば	しさんすれば	shisan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“四散”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
四	散

Noun

四散 • (sasan) (hangeul 사산)

hanja form^? of 사산