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  • 1

    num.five; 5

    • wǒ dì di jīn nián jiù wǔ suì le

      弟弟今年

      My brother will be five this year.

    • wǒ zhù wǔ lóu

      I live in the fifth floor.

    • xiàn zài wǔ diǎn le

      现在

      It is five o'clock.

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  • 2

    n.a note of the scale in gongchepu, corresponding to 6 in numbered musical notation; (refer to 数字)

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Words and phrases with 五

  • 五体
    [word]five body constituents
  • 五保
    [word]the Five Guarantees in Chinese rural areas, namely, food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses
  • 五花肉
    [word]streaky pork
  • 五次
    [word]quintic
  • 五毒
    [word]the five poisonous creatures; “five evils”
  • 五音
    [word]five notes of the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale; five points of consonant articulation
  • 五年
    [word]five years
  • 五月
    [word]May; the fifth month of the lunar year
  • 五岳
    [word]Five Sacred Mountains
  • 五彩缤纷
    [idiom]blazing with colour
  • 五体投地
    [idiom]be knocked out with admiration
  • 五光十色
    [idiom]multicolored; of great variety
  • 五彩斑斓
    [idiom]riot of colours
  • 五湖四海
    [idiom]five lakes and four seas
  • 五花八门
    [idiom]multifarious
  • 五脏六腑
    [idiom]the entrails
  • 五花大绑
    [idiom]tie one's hands behind his back
  • 五讲四美
    [idiom]“five stresses and four points of beauty”-- requirements for revolutionary culture

Word usage

  • Note
    "五" is written as "伍" on cheques, banknotes, etc to avoid mistakes or alterations.

Similar-form characters to 五

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • military; of attack and defence
  • dance;dance
  • noon; the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches
  • the basic five-man unit of the army in ancient China; five
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