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
- 王五 Wang Wu
- 五分美金 nickel; five US cents
- 五苓散 wuling powder; poria five powder; Hoelen five powder
- 五味俱全 a complete gamut of all five flavors; every flavor under the sun
- 五倍子树(五倍子樹) Chinese sumac
- 治乱五行(治亂五行) managing the chaos of the five elements
- 五千 five thousand
- 一五一十 count by fives and tens; to narrate systematically and in full detail
- 五环会徽(五環會徽) Olympic rings
- 五十七 57
- 四分五裂 all split up and in pieces; disunity (in an organization); complete lack of unity; to disintegrate; falling apart
- 兴五世(興五世) florish for five generations
- 五行之义(五行之義) The meaning of the five elements ; the meaning of the five elements
- 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
- 五颜六色(五顏六色) many colors ; multi-colored
- 五七 memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
- 一九五六年 1956
- 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)
- 五帝三王 five emperors and three kings
- 五行对(五行對) regarding the five elements
- 一退六二五 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
- 二百五 250 ; idiot; stupid person; a dope
- 五十音 gojūon
- 亨利五世 Henry V
- 五香粉 five spices powder
- 五角形 pentagon
- 张三，李四，王五，赵六(張三，李四，王五，趙六) four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry
- 五短身材 (of a person) short in stature
- 五星红旗(五星紅旗) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 六十五 65
- 五谷(五穀) the five grains
- 五线谱(五線譜) staff; stave
- 五大洲 five continents; the whole world
- 五老君 five elders
- 五号(五號) the fifth; fifth day of a month
- 王老五 fifth child of the Wangs; bachelor
- 五常 the five constant regulations; the five constant virtues ; the five elements ; righteousness, compassion, friendship, respect, and filial piety ; five companions from the state of Shu ; the five relations
- 星期五 Friday
- 五十四 54
- 三五 several; three or five
Also contained in
五卅运动 、 五权宪法 、 八一五 、 五大连池 、 五毛党 、 五股乡 、 五寨县 、 五结 、 五华县 、 五岛美术馆 、 五柳先生传
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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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: 178
- 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
- 五教 (五教) 敬敷五教 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
- 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