五 wǔ
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wǔ
number
five
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '五'; Guoyu '五' n 1; Kroll 2015 '五' 1, p. 481; Unihan '五'; XHZD '五' 1, p. 795) -
wǔ
noun
fifth musical note
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (; XHZD '五' 2, p. 795) -
wǔ
proper noun
Wu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '五' n 2; Unihan '五') -
wǔ
noun
the five elements
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: See 五行 (Kroll 2015 '五' 1a, p. 481)
Contained in
- 五万(五萬) fifty thousand
- 五旬节(五旬節) Pentecost
- 五斗米道 Way of Five Pecks of Rice
- 五行相生 the five elements give rise to one another
- 星期五 Friday
- 五花肉 streaky pork
- 十五智断(十五智斷) fifteen days of increasing wisdom and fifteen of decreasing evil
- 人五人六 to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior
- 五者 fifth; the fifth is
- 五味俱全 a complete gamut of all five flavors; every flavor under the sun
- 五香粉 five spices powder
- 一九五四年 1954
- 五颜六色(五顏六色) many colors ; multi-colored
- 五千文 Five Thousand Character Classic
- 五讲四美三热爱(五講四美三熱愛) the five emphases, four beauties and three loves
- 五十五 55
- 五律 five character regular verse
- 五倍子树(五倍子樹) Chinese sumac
- 三十五 35
- 五百 five hundred
- 五瘟 five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
- 一九二五年 1925
- 四舍五入(四捨五入) to round up to the nearest integer; to discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)
- 初五 fifth day of the lunar month
- 五斗柜(五斗櫃) chest of drawers
- 五项全能(五項全能) pentathlon
- 一九六五年 1965
- 五味 five flavors
- 过五关斩六将(過五關斬六將) to cross five passes and slay six generals; to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
- 二〇一五 2015
- 躲得过初一，躲不过十五(躲得過初一，躲不過十五) you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out; you can't put it off forever
- 五子棋 five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
- 五星红旗(五星紅旗) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 一九四五年 1945
- 五十肩 adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
- 毕宿五(畢宿五) Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri
Also contained in
五七干部学校 、 五股 、 五家渠 、 五大湖 、 五指山 、 北宋五子 、 五家 、 五原 、 五伦 、 五台 、 五河 、 五虎将 、 五大码 、 五尺道 、 五代
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 256
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 222
- 卷四十七 志第二十七: 經籍下 Volume 47 Treatises 27: Literature 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 178
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 170
- 卷六十 志第五十 藝文四 Volume 60 Treatises 56: The Arts 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 170
- 卷35 志第30 經籍四 Volume 35 Treatises 30: Bibliography 4 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 160
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 158
- 卷九十六 志第四十五上: 食貨四 Volume 96 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 151
- 卷五十二 志第四: 曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 136
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 135
Collocations
- 五章 (五章) 五章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧擊鼓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ji Gu — count: 21
- 五年 (五年) 七十有五年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 無逸 Zhou Shu - Against Luxurious Ease — count: 19
- 五句 (五句) 章五句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧小星 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xiao Xing — count: 19
- 章五 (章五) 章五句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧小星 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xiao Xing — count: 17
- 五曰 (五曰) 五曰雅 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
- 五父 (五父) 五父諫曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 五教 (五教) 敬敷五教 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
- 五服 (五服) 五服三就 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
- 丝五 (絲五) 素絲五紽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧羔羊 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Gao Yang — count: 3
- 五福 (五福) 次九曰向用五福 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3