| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 川 | chuān | river; creek; plain; an area of level country; abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state; national; CL:个; surname Guo |
| 语 | yǔ | dialect; language; speech |
| 语 | yù | to tell to |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 大 | dài | doctor |
| 学 | xué | learn; study; science; -ology |
| 四川 | Sì chuān | Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都 |
| 外国语 | wài guó yǔ | a foreign language |
| 大学 | dà xué | university; college; CL:所; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism |
