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五
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Definitions
- 1. five
- 2. 5
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 五
Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[zhāng sān], 李四[lǐ sì], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[shī jīng], the Book of History 書經|书经[shū jīng], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[lǐ jì], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[yì jīng], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[chūn qiū]
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
pork belly
hardware store
Great Lakes
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
multicolored
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
five rings
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[xíng zhèng yuàn] Executive Yuan, 立法院[lì fǎ yuàn] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[sī fǎ yuàn] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[kǎo shì yuàn] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[jiān chá yuàn] Control Yuan
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
(music) staff
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[chūn qiū]
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
Isuzu
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[rì zhào], Shandong
the Pentagon
Five-Year Plan
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[qí huán gōng], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[jìn wén gōng], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[chǔ zhuāng wáng], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[sòng xiāng gōng] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[qín mù gōng] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[wú wáng hé Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[yuè wáng gōu jiàn]
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
to make a show of being decent and proper
Wutai city in Shanxi
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan
Harald V of Norway
all the trades
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
name of the flag of the People's Republic of China
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
master sergeant
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
modern pentathlon
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
Friday
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[xiōng nú], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[xiān bēi], Jie 羯[jié], Di 氐[dī], Qiang 羌[qiāng], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[wǔ hú shí liù guó]
May Fourth Movement
fifteen
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[huà shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[héng shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[héng shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[sōng shān] in Henan
a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)
five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gōng], Marquis 侯[hóu], Count 伯[bó], Viscount 子[zǐ], Baron 男[nán]
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
May
the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
the \five black categories\ (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
pentagon
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
myriad
5-1 (May 1st)
three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
to order again and again (idiom)
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
poria five powder
fifty
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
hardware store
Pentecost
fifth (musical interval)
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
Wuxing - \Five Animals\ - Martial Art
xylitol
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
multicolored
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
streaky bacon
frequently
Wuliangye liquor
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
five continents
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame)
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
to masturbate (slang)
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
five spice seasoned
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
four proverbial names
Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
all parts of the country
May
laughable low-budget special effects
sun, moon and the five visible planets
bright and multicolored
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
(math.) to round up or down
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
five degrees
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
AA battery (PRC)
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
see 隔三差五|隔三差五[gé sān chà wǔ]
pentagram
fifty cents (0.5 RMB)
Wuzuquan - \Five Ancestors\ - Martial Art
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
five continents
Friday
every few days (idiom)
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
Black Friday
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
five-star (hotel)
nickel
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]
May Fourth Movement
Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[bèng bù], Anhui
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[dà yǔ lǐng], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[dū páng lǐng], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[qí tián lǐng], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[méng zhǔ lǐng] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[yuè chéng lǐng]
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis)
medium (of steak)
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[huáng dì], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[zhuān xū], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[dì kù], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[táng yáo] and Yu Shun 虞舜[yú shùn]
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt
one fifth
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[fèi] and kidneys 腎|肾[shèn]
50-50
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
pentaprism
highly eligible bachelor
fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà]
the Pentateuch
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
category 5
Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
five-spice powder
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[huà shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[héng shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[héng shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[sōng shān] in Henan
idiot
abundant harvest of all food crops
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center
pentagon
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
the fifth
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[rì zhào], Shandong
burly
Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[bèng bù], Anhui
to have regular features
zero point five, 0.5
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mò], cutting off the nose 劓[yì], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yuè], castration 宮|宫[gōng], execution 大辟[dà pì]
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
MI5 (British military counterintelligence office)
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
pitch-dark (idiom)
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[shān xī], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[wén shū]
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
fifth column (subversive group)
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
Friday
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan
pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[hé táng]
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
over and over again (idiom)
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
see 一推六二五[yī tuī liù èr wǔ]
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
pentatonic scale
Olympic rings
colorful
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
the five fingers of one's hand
pentathlon
pentagon
(of a person) short in stature
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit \skandha\) (Buddhism)
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
three principles and five virtues (idiom)
three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend
YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
several
fifth
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
with complex feelings (idiom)
see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]
tone deaf
see 五葷|五荤[wǔ hūn]
Wuzhishan City, Hainan
the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom)
the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[zhāng pǔ]
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
the five impurities (Buddhism)
chest of drawers
in groups of three or four (idiom)
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan