Chinese Notes

五 wǔ

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

五碳糖 pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms
三十五 35
五千文 Five Thousand Character Classic
阴阳五行(陰陽五行) yin yang and the five elements
五老君 five elders
黑五 Black Friday
五指 five fingers
五日京兆 five days in the capital
五笔输入法(五筆輸入法) Chinese character input method
五角星 pentagram
五瘟神 five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
五花大绑(五花大綁) to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
一退六二五 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
兴五世(興五世) florish for five generations
五行相生 the five elements give rise to one another
五角形 pentagon
五音 five notes of pentatonic scale ; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics
五十二 52
五行 five elements ; five methods
六十五 65
五脏(五臟) five viscera of TCM
五倍子树(五倍子樹) Chinese sumac
五月 May; the Fifth Month
五刑 imperial five punishments of feudal China
五行五事 five elements and five matters
三五 several; three or five
四分五裂 all split up and in pieces; disunity (in an organization); complete lack of unity; to disintegrate; falling apart
五颜六色(五顏六色) many colors ; multi-colored
五声音阶(五聲音階) pentatonic scale
五霸 the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period
伸手不见五指(伸手不見五指) pitch-dark
五香粉 five spices powder
三皇五帝 three sovereigns and five emperors of legend
红五类(紅五類) the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs

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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: 176
《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: 134

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
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
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
五日 (五日) 五日為期 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧采綠 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Cai Lu — count: 3