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Meaning of 五
Pinyin
wǔ
Radical
二
Strokes
4
Definition
five / 5
Usage
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五 [wǔ]
1. 数名，四加一（在钞票和单据上常用大写“伍”代）。
- Number name, four plus one (commonly represented in capital "伍" on banknotes and receipts).
2. 中国古代乐谱的记音符号，相当于简谱“6”。
- A notation symbol in ancient Chinese music scores, equivalent to the number "6" in simplified notation.
五的综合意义:
1. 彩（五彩）。
- Colors (five colors).
2. 官（五官）。
- Officials (the five officials).
3. 谷（五谷）。
- Grains (the five grains).
4. 金（五金）。
- Metals (the five metals).
5. 代（五代：后梁、后唐、后晋、后汉、后周）。
- Dynasties (the five dynasties: Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou).
6. 帝（五帝：黄帝、颛顼、帝喾、唐尧、虞舜）。
- Emperors (the five emperors: Yellow Emperor, Zhuanxu, Diku, Tang Yao, Yu Shun).
7. 毒（五毒：蝎、蛇、蜈蚣、壁虎、蟾蜍）。
- Venom (the five poisons: scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko, toad).
8. 行（五行：金、木、水、火、土）。
- Elements (the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth).
9. 岭（五岭：越城岭、都庞岭、萌渚岭、骑田岭、大庾岭）。
- Ridges (the five ridges: Yuecheng Ridge, Dupang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge, Dayu Ridge).
10. 岳（五岳：泰山、华山、衡山、恒山、嵩山）。
- Mountains (the five famous mountains: Taishan, Huashan, Hengshan, Hengshan, Songshan).
11. 脏（五脏：心、肝、脾、肺、肾）。
- Organs (the five organs: heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney).
引申义:
1. 《说文》：五，阴阳在天地之间交午也。
- From "Shuowen": Five, the intersection of yin and yang between heaven and earth.
2. 《诗·齐风·南山》：葛屦五两。
- From "Shijing": Five pounds of woven sandals.
3. 《诗·召南·羔羊》：羔羊之皮，素丝五紽。
- From "Shijing": The skin of a lamb, five kinds of white thread.
其他相关词汇:
1. 古代军队编制单位，五人为伍 ([En.] five)
- An ancient military unit structure, five people make a group.
2. 偶;相类 ([En.] pair; couple)
- Pair; similar.
3. 工尺谱中的音名之一，表示音阶上的一级 ([En.] a note of the scale in gongchepu)
- One of the notes in the gongche notation, representing the first degree of the scale.
4. 五行 ([En.] the five elements)
- The five elements.
5. 通“伍”。古军队编制，五人为伍;行列 ([En.] troops)
- Also related to "伍", referring to military units, five people in a row.
6. 指五帝 ([En.] five emperors)
- Refers to the five emperors.
7. 星名。二十八宿中的昴五 ([En.] star's name)
- Named after a star, the five of the twenty-eight mansions.
8. 姓
- A surname.
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei / Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
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
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens
five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
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Input Method for 五
Pinyin
wu3
Wubi
gghg
Cangjie
mdm
Zhengma
bix
Four Corner
10102
Unicode
U+4e94
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