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
- 如堕五里雾中(如墮五里霧中) as if lost in a thick fog; in a fog; muddled; completely unfamiliar with sth
- 五旬节(五旬節) Pentecost
- 五脏六腑(五臟六腑) five viscera and six bowels
- 五礼(五禮) the five kinds of ritual
- 五斗柜(五斗櫃) chest of drawers
- 五十一 51
- 红五星旗(紅五星旗) Five-Starred Red Flag
- 一九五四年 1954
- 阴阳五行(陰陽五行) yin yang and the five elements
- 五夜 five watches
- 五脏(五臟) five viscera of TCM
- 五棱镜(五稜鏡) pentaprism
- 隔三差五 every few days
- 兴五世(興五世) florish for five generations
- 五分美金 nickel; five US cents
- 一九八五年 1985
- 二十五 twenty five
- 三皇五帝 three sovereigns and five emperors of legend
- 一退六二五 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
- 五毛特效 laughable low-budget special effects
- 五百年前是一家 five hundred years ago we were the same family (said of persons with the same surname)
- 五项全能(五項全能) pentathlon
- 五字诀(五字訣) five character formula
- 五角星 pentagram
- 一九五三年 1953
- 五色 the five primary colors
- 五香粉 five spices powder
- 钻石王老五(鑽石王老五) highly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner
- 黑五类(黑五類) the five black categories
- 三番五次 again and again
- 五彩缤纷(五彩繽紛) all the colors in profusion; a garish display
- 五分之一 one fifth
- 五十而知天命 at fifty, I understood the mandate of heaven
- 五行变救(五行變救) reverting changes in the five elements
- 五步蛇 Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper; five-paced viper
- 五城 pentapolis
- 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全(麻雀雖小，五臟俱全) The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there .; small but complete in every detail
Also contained in
五代时期 、 五股乡 、 五虎将 、 五指山市 、 五代十国 、 五笔字型 、 五卷书 、 五峰县 、 五大连池 、 北宋五子 、 五子之歌 、 五人墓碑记 、 五莲 、 五四运动
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: 176
- 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
- 《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
- 五大夫 (五大夫) 五大夫奉子頹以伐王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 五罚 (五罰) 正于五罰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 3