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Chinese dictionary
- 1
num.five; 5
我弟弟今年就五岁了。
My brother will be five this year.
我住五楼。
I live in the fifth floor.
现在五点了。
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
- 五谷[word]five cereals; food crops
- 五星红旗[word]Five-Star Red Flag
- 五味[word]five flavors; all sorts of flavours
- 五粮液[word]a brand of alcohol made from five types of grain in Yibin, Sichuan province
- 五一[word]May Day
- 五味杂陈[word]a mixture of feelings
- 五金[word]five metals; metals
- 五洲[word]the whole world
- 五星级[word]five-star
- 五彩缤纷[idiom]blazing with colour
- 五湖四海[idiom]five lakes and four seas
- 五彩斑斓[idiom]riot of colours
- 五体投地[idiom]be knocked out with admiration
- 五光十色[idiom]multicolored; of great variety
- 五花八门[idiom]multifarious
- 五讲四美[idiom]“five stresses and four points of beauty”-- requirements for revolutionary culture
- 五脏六腑[idiom]the entrails
- 五颜六色[idiom]colourful
Word usage
- Note"五" is written as "伍" on cheques, banknotes, etc to avoid mistakes or alterations.