粵

四sei3起hei2

sei3 hei2sì qǐ

English

  1. to spring up everywhere
  2. to appear everywhere; literally: to rise from all four directions
  3. from all around

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 四周圍都開始出現

Examples

  • 流言四起

    rumours run rife

  • 烽煙四起，戰火紛飛。

    War is raging everywhere.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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