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五
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
五一
wǔyī
5-1 (May 1st)
五七
wǔqī
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
五月
Wǔyuè
May
五世
wǔshì
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
五五
wǔwǔ
50-50
五代
Wǔdài
Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang)
五伦
wǔlún
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
五刑
wǔxíng
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead [[墨<mò>]], cutting off the nose [[劓<yì>]], amputation of one or both feet [[刖<yuè>]], castration [[宮|宫<gōng>]], execution [[大辟<dàpì>]]
五加
wǔjiā
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
五十
wǔshí
fifty
五卅
wǔsà
abbr. for [[五卅運動|五卅运动<wǔsàyùndòng>]], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
五原
Wǔyuán
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur [[巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔<Bāyànnàoěr>]], Inner Mongolia
五味
wǔwèi
the five flavors, namely: sweet [[甜]], sour [[酸]], bitter [[苦]], spicy hot [[辣]], salty [[鹹|咸]]
五四
wǔsì
fourth of May, cf [[五四運動|五四运动]], national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
五官
wǔguān
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears [[鼻目口舌耳]])
五寨
Wǔzhài
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou [[忻州<Xīnzhōu>]], Shanxi
五峰
Wǔfēng
abbr. for [[五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县<WǔfēngTǔjiāzúZìzhìxiàn>]], Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei
五岭
wǔlǐng
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu [[大庾嶺|大庾岭<Dàyǔlǐng>]], Dupang [[都龐嶺|都庞岭<Dūpánglǐng>]], Qitian [[騎田嶺|骑田岭<Qítiánlǐng>]], Mengzhu [[萌渚嶺|萌渚岭<Méngzhǔlǐng>]] and Yuecheng [[越城嶺|越城岭<Yuèchénglǐng>]]
五岳
Wǔyuè
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai [[泰山<TàiShān>]] in Shandong, Mt Hua [[華山|华山<HuàShān>]] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng [[衡山<HéngShān>]] in Hunan, Mt Heng [[恆山|恒山<HéngShān>]] in Shanxi, Mt Song [[嵩山<SōngShān>]] in Henan
五帝
wǔdì
Five Emperors from legendary times
Example Sentences (10)
快五年了，你几乎没变化。
Kuài wǔ nián le, nǐ jīhū méi biànhuà.
It's been almost five years; you have hardly changed.
Text 4
这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右，现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
今天买的东西太多了。再说，这个月家里已经花了五千多了。
Jīntiān mǎi de dōngxi tài duō le. Zàishuō, zhège yuè jiālǐ yǐjīng huā le wǔ qiān duō le.
I bought too many things today. Besides, our family has already spent more than five thousand this month.
Text 2
我记得过了长江大桥往右一拐就有一个，大概有四五公里远。
Wǒ jìde guò le chángjiāng dàqiáo wǎng yòu yì guǎi jiù yǒu yí gè, dàgài yǒu sì wǔ gōnglǐ yuǎn.
I remember after crossing the Yangtze River Bridge, make a right turn and there is one, about four or five kilometers away.
Text 1
相反，如果方法不对，可能花五倍甚至十倍的时间都不能完成任务，结果变成了“事倍功半”。
Xiāngfǎn, Rúguǒ fāngfǎ bú duì, Kěnéng huā wǔ bèi shènzhì shí bèi de shíjiān dōu bù néng wánchéng rènwù, Jiéguǒ biànchéng le "shì bèi gōng bàn".
On the contrary, if the method is wrong, it may take five times or even ten times as long and still not finish the task, resulting in "twice the effort for half the result".
Text 5
二十五岁，他比我大三岁。
Èrshíwǔ suì, tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
Twenty-five years old, he is three years older than me.
Text 2
这些五块钱一个，那些十块钱一个。
Zhèxiē wǔ kuài qián yí gè, nàxiē shí kuài qián yí gè.
These are five yuan each; those are ten yuan each.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 278
- Word Frequency Rank
- 799 of 84,292