五
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Definitions
- 1. five
- 2. 5
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 五
over and over again (idiom)
five-star (hotel)
myriad
multicolored
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
see 一推六二五[yī tuī liù èr wǔ]
three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
frequently
in groups of three or four (idiom)
to order again and again (idiom)
several
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
three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wǔ dì] of myth and legend
three principles and five virtues (idiom)
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[cáo yú zhāng]
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
idiot
5-1 (May 1st)
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
50-50
Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[zhāng pǔ]
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
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
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
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
bright and multicolored
one fifth
medium (of steak)
nickel
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]
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
fifty
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
Isuzu
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[bā yàn nào ěr], Inner Mongolia
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
the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis)
with complex feelings (idiom)
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
May Fourth Movement
May Fourth Movement
burly
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
five continents
Great Lakes
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
to have regular features
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan
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]
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
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]
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
Five-Year Plan
five degrees
Wuxing - \Five Animals\ - Martial Art
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
colorful
to masturbate (slang)
the five fingers of one's hand
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan
Wuzhishan City, Hainan
chest of drawers
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center
Pentecost
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
May
May
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
fifty cents (0.5 RMB)
laughable low-budget special effects
fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[bèng bù], Anhui
Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[bèng bù], Anhui
five continents
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)
all parts of the country
the five impurities (Buddhism)
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
five rings
Olympic rings
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
(of a person) short in stature
pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[hé táng]
Wuzuquan - \Five Ancestors\ - Martial Art
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
pentaprism
abundant harvest of all food crops
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gōng], Marquis 侯[hóu], Count 伯[bó], Viscount 子[zǐ], Baron 男[nán]
Wuliangye liquor
master sergeant
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
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]
(music) staff
pentatonic scale
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
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]
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[fèi] and kidneys 腎|肾[shèn]
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
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]
Wutai city in Shanxi
Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi
multicolored
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
pork belly
streaky bacon
poria five powder
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan
Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[rì zhào], Shandong
Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[rì zhào], Shandong
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit \skandha\) (Buddhism)
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
the fifth
AA battery (PRC)
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
all the trades
pentagon
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
the Pentagon
pentagon
pentagram
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
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 五葷|五荤[wǔ hūn]
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame)
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
pentagon
metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
hardware store
hardware store
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
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[chūn qiū]
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
tone deaf
fifth (musical interval)
pentathlon
five spice seasoned
five-spice powder
to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
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
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt
to make a show of being decent and proper
pitch-dark (idiom)
15th August (the date of Japan's surrender in 1945)
Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
fifteen
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
Harald V of Norway
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
(math.) to round up or down
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
great jerboa (Allactaga major)
as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral