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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 (5)
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 278
- Word Frequency Rank
- 799 of 84,292