Chinese words starting with 五 (wǔ)

162 words.

• 五(wǔ)一(yī) 5-1
• 五(wǔ)代(dài) 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
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè) May
• 五(wǔ)四(sì)运(yùn)动(dòng) May Fourth Movement
• 五(wǔ)行(xíng) five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
• 五(wǔ)四(sì) fourth of May, cf 五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
• 五(wǔ)十(shí) fifty
• 五(wǔ)岳(yuè) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 tàishān in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 huàshān in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 héngshān in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山 héngshān in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 sōngshān in Henan
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng)红(hóng)旗(qí) five-starred red flag
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi) five (main) colors
• 五(wǔ)更(gēng) fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00
• 五(wǔ)台(tái)山(shān) Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西 shānxī, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 wénshū
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)大(dà)楼(lóu) the Pentagon
• 五(wǔ)谷(gǔ) five crops, e.g. millet 粟 sù, soybean 豆 dòu, sesame 麻 má, barley 麦 mài, rice 稻 dào or other variants
• 五(wǔ)峰(fēng)土(tǔ)家(jiā)族(zú)自(zì)治(zhì)县(xiàn) Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市 yíchāngshì, Hubei
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ) the five fingers of one's hand
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng) the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
• 五(wǔ)卅(sà)运(yùn)动(dòng) anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
• 五(wǔ)官(guān) five sense organs of TCM
• 五(wǔ)世(shì) the fifth
• 五(wǔ)色(sè) multicolored
• 五(wǔ)粮(liáng)液(yè) Wuliangye liquor
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)八(bā)门(mén) myriad
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)星(xīng) five-pointed star
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng)级(jí) five-star
• 五(wǔ)经(jīng) the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 诗经 shījīng, the Book of History 书经 shūjīng, the Classic of Rites 礼记 lǐjì, the Book of Changes 易经 yìjīng, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 chūnqiū
• 五(wǔ)脏(zàng) five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心 xīn, liver 肝 gān, spleen 脾 pí, lungs 肺 fèi and kidneys 肾 shèn
• 五(wǔ)颜(yán)六(liù)色(sè) multicolored
• 五(wǔ)脏(zàng)六(liù)腑(fǔ) five viscera and six bowels
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi)缤(bīn)纷(fēn) all the colors in profusion
• 五(wǔ)霸(bà) the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 chūnqiū
• 五(wǔ)方(fāng) the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center
• 五(wǔ)体(tǐ)投(tóu)地(dì) to adulate sb
• 五(wǔ)帝(dì) the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 huángdì, Zhuanxu 颛顼 zhuānxū, Di Ku 帝喾 dìkù, Tang Yao 唐尧 tángyáo and Yu Shun 虞舜 yúshùn
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn) metal hardware
• 五(wǔ)洲(zhōu) five continents
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi) the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 咸
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)大(dà)绑(bǎng) to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
• 五(wǔ)光(guāng)十(shí)色(sè) bright and multicolored
• 五(wǔ)号(hào) the fifth
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)子(zǐ) schizandra
• 五(wǔ)湖(hú)四(sì)海(hǎi) all parts of the country
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ)山(shān) Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan
• 五(wǔ)权(quán)宪(xiàn)法(fǎ) Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
• 五(wǔ)岭(lǐng) the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾岭 dàyǔlǐng, Dupang 都庞岭 dūpánglǐng, Qitian 骑田岭 qítiánlǐng, Mengzhu 萌渚岭 méngzhǔlǐng and Yuecheng 越城岭 yuèchénglǐng
• 五(wǔ)七(qī) memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
• 五(wǔ)刑(xíng) 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 宫 gōng, execution 大辟 dàpì
• 五(wǔ)度(dù) five degrees
• 五(wǔ)谷(gǔ)丰(fēng)登(dēng) abundant harvest of all food crops
• 五(wǔ)香(xiāng) five spice seasoned
• 五(wǔ)蕴(yùn) the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha")
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn) five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
• 五(wǔ)线(xiàn)谱(pǔ) staff
• 五(wǔ)常(cháng) the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁 rén, justice 义 yì, propriety 礼 lǐ, wisdom 智 zhì and honor 信 xìn
• 五(wǔ)加(jiā) Acanthopanax gracilistylus
• 五(wǔ)七(qī)干(gàn)校(xiào) May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution)
• 五(wǔ)台(tái)县(xiàn) Wutai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市 xīnzhōushì, Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)子(zǐ)棋(qí) five-in-a-row
• 五(wǔ)马(mǎ)分(fēn)尸(shī) to utterly destroy
• 五(wǔ)五(wǔ) 50-50
• 五(wǔ)短(duǎn)身(shēn)材(cái) short in stature
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)三(sān)粗(cū) burly
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)肉(ròu) pork belly
• 五(wǔ)氧(yǎng)化(huà)二(èr)钒(fán) Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
• 五(wǔ)环(huán) five rings
• 五(wǔ)边(biān)形(xíng) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)原(yuán)县(xiàn) Wuyuan, a county in Bayannur City 巴彦淖尔市 bāyànnàoěrshì, Inner Mongolia
• 五(wǔ)笔(bǐ)字(zì)型(xíng) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)色(sè)缤(bīn)纷(fēn) all the colors in profusion
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)俱(jù)全(quán) every flavor under the sun
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)连(lián)池(chí)市(shì) Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市 hēihéshì, Heilongjiang
• 五(wǔ)伦(lún) the five Confucian relationships
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)之(zhī)一(yī) one fifth
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)形(xíng) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)通(tōng) bottom bracket shell
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)铃(líng) Isuzu
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè)节(jié) Dragon Boat Festival
• 五(wǔ)苓(líng)散(sǎn) wuling powder
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn)店(diàn) hardware store
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)步(bù)笑(xiào)百(bǎi)步(bù) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps
• 五(wǔ)笔(bǐ) abbr. of 五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)荤(hūn) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn)不(bù)全(quán) tone deaf
• 五(wǔ)代(dài)十(shí)国(guó) Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
• 五(wǔ)代(dài)史(shǐ) History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 èrshísìshǐ, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 xuējūzhèng in 974 during Northern Song 北宋 běisòng, 150 scrolls
• 五(wǔ)华(huá)区(qū) Wuhua, a district of Kunming City 昆明市 kūnmíngshì, Yunnan
• 五(wǔ)华(huá)县(xiàn) Wuhua, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市 méizhōushì, Guangdong
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)杂(zá)陈(chén) with complex feelings
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)洲(zhōu) five continents
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)湖(hú) the Great Lakes
• 五(wǔ)官(guān)端(duān)正(zhèng) to have regular features
• 五(wǔ)家(jiā)渠(qú) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
• 五(wǔ)家(jiā)渠(qú)市(shì) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
• 五(wǔ)常(cháng)市(shì) Wuchang, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈尔滨市 hāěrbīnshì, Heilongjiang
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi)纸(zhǐ)屑(xiè) confetti
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ)山(shān)市(shì) Wuzhishan City, Hainan
• 五(wǔ)斗(dǒu)柜(guì) chest of drawers
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè)份(fèn) May
• 五(wǔ)步(bù)蛇(shé) Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo) fifty cents
• 五(wǔ)河(hé)县(xiàn) Wuhe, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市 bèngbùshì, Anhui
• 五(wǔ)福(fú)临(lín)门(mén) lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home
• 五(wǔ)胡(hú) Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 xiōngnú, Xianbei 鲜卑 xiānbēi, Jie 羯 jié, Di 氐 dī, Qiang 羌 qiāng, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六国 wǔhúshíliùguó
• 五(wǔ)莲(lián)县(xiàn) Wulian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市 rìzhàoshì, Shandong
• 五(wǔ)虎(hǔ)将(jiàng) Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 关羽, Zhang Fei 张飞, Zhao Yun 赵云, Ma Chao 马超, Huang Zhong 黄忠
• 五(wǔ)行(háng)八(bā)作(zuō) all the trades
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)场(chǎng) Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)大(dà)厦(shà) the Pentagon
• 五(wǔ)言(yán)绝(jué)句(jù) poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
• 五(wǔ)通(tōng)桥(qiáo)区(qū) Wutongqiao, a district of Leshan City 乐山市 lèshānshì, Sichuan
• 五(wǔ)道(dào)口(kǒu) Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
• 五(wǔ)院(yuàn) the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 xíngzhèngyuàn Executive Yuan, 立法院 lìfǎyuàn Legislative Yuan, 司法院 sīfǎyuàn Judicial Yuan, 考试院 kǎoshìyuàn Examination Yuan, 监察院 jiāncháyuàn Control Yuan
• 五(wǔ)鬼(guǐ)闹(nào)判(pàn) important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
• 五(wǔ)劳(láo)七(qī)伤(shāng) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五脏 wǔzàng, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear
• 五(wǔ)寨(zhài)县(xiàn) Wuzhai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市 xīnzhōushì, Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)香(xiāng)粉(fěn) five-spice powder
• 五(wǔ)七(qī)干(gàn)部(bù)学(xué)校(xiào) May 7 cadre school
• 五(wǔ)五(wǔ)开(kāi) fifty-fifty
• 五(wǔ)人(rén)墓(mù)碑(bēi)记(jì) Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 张溥 zhāngpǔ commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠贤 wèizhōngxián during the late Ming dynasty
• 五(wǔ)倍(bèi)子(zi)树(shù) Chinese sumac
• 五(wǔ)凉(liáng) the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 nánliáng (397-414), Western Liang 西凉
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)熟(shú) medium
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)美(měi)金(jīn) nickel
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)肩(jiān) adhesive capsulitis
• 五(wǔ)口(kǒu)通(tōng)商(shāng) the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门 and Shanghai 上海
• 五(wǔ)台(tái)市(shì) Wutai city in Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)叶(yè)松(sōng) Taiwan white pine
• 五(wǔ)号(hào)电(diàn)池(chí) AA battery
• 五(wǔ)四(sì)爱(ài)国(guó)运(yùn)动(dòng) May Fourth Movement
• 五(wǔ)声(shēng)音(yīn)阶(jiē) pentatonic scale
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)名(míng)山(shān) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 tàishān in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 huàshān in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 héngshān in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山 héngshān in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 sōngshān in Henan
• 五(wǔ)形(xíng) Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
• 五(wǔ)打(dǎ)一(yī) to masturbate
• 五(wǔ)斗(dǒu)米(mǐ)道(dào) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
• 五(wǔ)旬(xún)节(jié) Pentecost
• 五(wǔ)棱(léng)镜(jìng) pentaprism
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo)党(dǎng) fifty cents party
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo)特(tè)效(xiào) laughable low-budget special effects
• 五(wǔ)浊(zhuó) the five impurities
• 五(wǔ)灯(dēng)会(huì)元(yuán) Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
• 五(wǔ)环(huán)会(huì)徽(huī) Olympic rings
• 五(wǔ)瘟(wēn) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
• 五(wǔ)瘟(wēn)神(shén) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
• 五(wǔ)百(bǎi)年(nián)前(qián)是(shì)一(yī)家(jiā) five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying)
• 五(wǔ)碳(tàn)糖(táng) pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖 hétáng
• 五(wǔ)祖(zǔ)拳(quán) Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
• 五(wǔ)笔(bǐ)字(zì)形(xíng) Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes
• 五(wǔ)笔(bǐ)编(biān)码(mǎ) five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
• 五(wǔ)笔(bǐ)输(shū)入(rù)法(fǎ) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)等(děng)爵(jué)位(wèi) five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公 gōng, Marquis 侯 hóu, Count 伯 bó, Viscount 子 zǐ, Baron 男 nán
• 五(wǔ)级(jí)士(shì)官(guān) master sergeant
• 五(wǔ)胡(hú)十(shí)六(liù)国(guó) Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people
• 五(wǔ)芒(máng)星(xīng) five-pointed star
• 五(wǔ)讲(jiǎng)四(sì)美(měi)三(sān)热(rè)爱(ài) the five emphases, four beauties and three loves
• 五(wǔ)辛(xīn)素(sù) non-Buddhist vegetarian
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn)店(diàn)铺(pù) hardware store
• 五(wǔ)针(zhēn)松(sōng) Japanese white pine
• 五(wǔ)险(xiǎn)一(yī)金(jīn) employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn)度(dù) fifth
• 五(wǔ)项(xiàng)全(quán)能(néng) pentathlon
• 五(wǔ)鬼(guǐ) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence

162 words.

• 五(wǔ)一(yī) 5-1
• 五(wǔ)代(dài) 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
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè) May
• 五(wǔ)四(sì)運(yùn)動(dòng) May Fourth Movement
• 五(wǔ)行(xíng) five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
• 五(wǔ)四(sì) fourth of May, cf 五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
• 五(wǔ)十(shí) fifty
• 五(wǔ)嶽(yuè) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 tàishān in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 huàshān in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 héngshān in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山 héngshān in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 sōngshān in Henan
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng)紅(hóng)旗(qí) five-starred red flag
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi) five (main) colors
• 五(wǔ)更(gēng) fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00
• 五(wǔ)臺(tái)山(shān) Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西 shānxī, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 wénshū
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)大(dà)樓(lóu) the Pentagon
• 五(wǔ)穀(gǔ) five crops, e.g. millet 粟 sù, soybean 豆 dòu, sesame 麻 má, barley 麦 mài, rice 稻 dào or other variants
• 五(wǔ)峰(fēng)土(tǔ)家(jiā)族(zú)自(zì)治(zhì)縣(xiàn) Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市 yíchāngshì, Hubei
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ) the five fingers of one's hand
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng) the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
• 五(wǔ)卅(sà)運(yùn)動(dòng) anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
• 五(wǔ)官(guān) five sense organs of TCM
• 五(wǔ)世(shì) the fifth
• 五(wǔ)色(sè) multicolored
• 五(wǔ)糧(liáng)液(yè) Wuliangye liquor
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)八(bā)門(mén) myriad
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)星(xīng) five-pointed star
• 五(wǔ)星(xīng)級(jí) five-star
• 五(wǔ)經(jīng) the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 诗经 shījīng, the Book of History 书经 shūjīng, the Classic of Rites 礼记 lǐjì, the Book of Changes 易经 yìjīng, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 chūnqiū
• 五(wǔ)臟(zàng) five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心 xīn, liver 肝 gān, spleen 脾 pí, lungs 肺 fèi and kidneys 肾 shèn
• 五(wǔ)顏(yán)六(liù)色(sè) multicolored
• 五(wǔ)臟(zàng)六(liù)腑(fǔ) five viscera and six bowels
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi)繽(bīn)紛(fēn) all the colors in profusion
• 五(wǔ)霸(bà) the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋 chūnqiū
• 五(wǔ)方(fāng) the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center
• 五(wǔ)體(tǐ)投(tóu)地(dì) to adulate sb
• 五(wǔ)帝(dì) the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 huángdì, Zhuanxu 颛顼 zhuānxū, Di Ku 帝喾 dìkù, Tang Yao 唐尧 tángyáo and Yu Shun 虞舜 yúshùn
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn) metal hardware
• 五(wǔ)洲(zhōu) five continents
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi) the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 咸
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)大(dà)綁(bǎng) to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
• 五(wǔ)光(guāng)十(shí)色(sè) bright and multicolored
• 五(wǔ)號(hào) the fifth
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)子(zǐ) schizandra
• 五(wǔ)湖(hú)四(sì)海(hǎi) all parts of the country
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ)山(shān) Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan
• 五(wǔ)權(quán)憲(xiàn)法(fǎ) Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
• 五(wǔ)嶺(lǐng) the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾岭 dàyǔlǐng, Dupang 都庞岭 dūpánglǐng, Qitian 骑田岭 qítiánlǐng, Mengzhu 萌渚岭 méngzhǔlǐng and Yuecheng 越城岭 yuèchénglǐng
• 五(wǔ)七(qī) memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
• 五(wǔ)刑(xíng) 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 宫 gōng, execution 大辟 dàpì
• 五(wǔ)度(dù) five degrees
• 五(wǔ)穀(gǔ)豐(fēng)登(dēng) abundant harvest of all food crops
• 五(wǔ)香(xiāng) five spice seasoned
• 五(wǔ)蘊(yùn) the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha")
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn) five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
• 五(wǔ)線(xiàn)譜(pǔ) staff
• 五(wǔ)常(cháng) the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁 rén, justice 义 yì, propriety 礼 lǐ, wisdom 智 zhì and honor 信 xìn
• 五(wǔ)加(jiā) Acanthopanax gracilistylus
• 五(wǔ)七(qī)幹(gàn)校(xiào) May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution)
• 五(wǔ)臺(tái)縣(xiàn) Wutai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市 xīnzhōushì, Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)子(zǐ)棋(qí) five-in-a-row
• 五(wǔ)馬(mǎ)分(fēn)屍(shī) to utterly destroy
• 五(wǔ)五(wǔ) 50-50
• 五(wǔ)短(duǎn)身(shēn)材(cái) short in stature
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)三(sān)粗(cū) burly
• 五(wǔ)花(huā)肉(ròu) pork belly
• 五(wǔ)氧(yǎng)化(huà)二(èr)釩(fán) Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
• 五(wǔ)環(huán) five rings
• 五(wǔ)邊(biān)形(xíng) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)原(yuán)縣(xiàn) Wuyuan, a county in Bayannur City 巴彦淖尔市 bāyànnàoěrshì, Inner Mongolia
• 五(wǔ)筆(bǐ)字(zì)型(xíng) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)色(sè)繽(bīn)紛(fēn) all the colors in profusion
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)俱(jù)全(quán) every flavor under the sun
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)連(lián)池(chí)市(shì) Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市 hēihéshì, Heilongjiang
• 五(wǔ)倫(lún) the five Confucian relationships
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)之(zhī)一(yī) one fifth
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)形(xíng) pentagon
• 五(wǔ)通(tōng) bottom bracket shell
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)鈴(líng) Isuzu
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè)節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival
• 五(wǔ)苓(líng)散(sǎn) wuling powder
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn)店(diàn) hardware store
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)步(bù)笑(xiào)百(bǎi)步(bù) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps
• 五(wǔ)筆(bǐ) abbr. of 五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)葷(hūn) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn)不(bù)全(quán) tone deaf
• 五(wǔ)代(dài)十(shí)國(guó) Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
• 五(wǔ)代(dài)史(shǐ) History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 èrshísìshǐ, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 xuējūzhèng in 974 during Northern Song 北宋 běisòng, 150 scrolls
• 五(wǔ)華(huá)區(qū) Wuhua, a district of Kunming City 昆明市 kūnmíngshì, Yunnan
• 五(wǔ)華(huá)縣(xiàn) Wuhua, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市 méizhōushì, Guangdong
• 五(wǔ)味(wèi)雜(zá)陳(chén) with complex feelings
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)洲(zhōu) five continents
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)湖(hú) the Great Lakes
• 五(wǔ)官(guān)端(duān)正(zhèng) to have regular features
• 五(wǔ)家(jiā)渠(qú) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
• 五(wǔ)家(jiā)渠(qú)市(shì) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
• 五(wǔ)常(cháng)市(shì) Wuchang, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈尔滨市 hāěrbīnshì, Heilongjiang
• 五(wǔ)彩(cǎi)紙(zhǐ)屑(xiè) confetti
• 五(wǔ)指(zhǐ)山(shān)市(shì) Wuzhishan City, Hainan
• 五(wǔ)斗(dǒu)櫃(guì) chest of drawers
• 五(wǔ)月(yuè)份(fèn) May
• 五(wǔ)步(bù)蛇(shé) Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo) fifty cents
• 五(wǔ)河(hé)縣(xiàn) Wuhe, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市 bèngbùshì, Anhui
• 五(wǔ)福(fú)臨(lín)門(mén) lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home
• 五(wǔ)胡(hú) Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 xiōngnú, Xianbei 鲜卑 xiānbēi, Jie 羯 jié, Di 氐 dī, Qiang 羌 qiāng, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六国 wǔhúshíliùguó
• 五(wǔ)蓮(lián)縣(xiàn) Wulian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市 rìzhàoshì, Shandong
• 五(wǔ)虎(hǔ)將(jiàng) Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 关羽, Zhang Fei 张飞, Zhao Yun 赵云, Ma Chao 马超, Huang Zhong 黄忠
• 五(wǔ)行(háng)八(bā)作(zuō) all the trades
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)場(chǎng) Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
• 五(wǔ)角(jiǎo)大(dà)廈(shà) the Pentagon
• 五(wǔ)言(yán)絕(jué)句(jù) poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
• 五(wǔ)通(tōng)橋(qiáo)區(qū) Wutongqiao, a district of Leshan City 乐山市 lèshānshì, Sichuan
• 五(wǔ)道(dào)口(kǒu) Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
• 五(wǔ)院(yuàn) the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 xíngzhèngyuàn Executive Yuan, 立法院 lìfǎyuàn Legislative Yuan, 司法院 sīfǎyuàn Judicial Yuan, 考试院 kǎoshìyuàn Examination Yuan, 监察院 jiāncháyuàn Control Yuan
• 五(wǔ)鬼(guǐ)鬧(nào)判(pàn) important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
• 五(wǔ)勞(láo)七(qī)傷(shāng) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五脏 wǔzàng, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear
• 五(wǔ)寨(zhài)縣(xiàn) Wuzhai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市 xīnzhōushì, Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)香(xiāng)粉(fěn) five-spice powder
• 五(wǔ)七(qī)幹(gàn)部(bù)學(xué)校(xiào) May 7 cadre school
• 五(wǔ)五(wǔ)開(kāi) fifty-fifty
• 五(wǔ)人(rén)墓(mù)碑(bēi)記(jì) Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 张溥 zhāngpǔ commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠贤 wèizhōngxián during the late Ming dynasty
• 五(wǔ)倍(bèi)子(zi)樹(shù) Chinese sumac
• 五(wǔ)涼(liáng) the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 nánliáng (397-414), Western Liang 西凉
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)熟(shú) medium
• 五(wǔ)分(fēn)美(měi)金(jīn) nickel
• 五(wǔ)十(shí)肩(jiān) adhesive capsulitis
• 五(wǔ)口(kǒu)通(tōng)商(shāng) the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门 and Shanghai 上海
• 五(wǔ)臺(tái)市(shì) Wutai city in Shanxi
• 五(wǔ)葉(yè)松(sōng) Taiwan white pine
• 五(wǔ)號(hào)電(diàn)池(chí) AA battery
• 五(wǔ)四(sì)愛(ài)國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng) May Fourth Movement
• 五(wǔ)聲(shēng)音(yīn)階(jiē) pentatonic scale
• 五(wǔ)大(dà)名(míng)山(shān) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 tàishān in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 huàshān in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 héngshān in Hunan, Mt Heng 恒山 héngshān in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 sōngshān in Henan
• 五(wǔ)形(xíng) Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
• 五(wǔ)打(dǎ)一(yī) to masturbate
• 五(wǔ)斗(dǒu)米(mǐ)道(dào) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
• 五(wǔ)旬(xún)節(jié) Pentecost
• 五(wǔ)稜(léng)鏡(jìng) pentaprism
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo)黨(dǎng) fifty cents party
• 五(wǔ)毛(máo)特(tè)效(xiào) laughable low-budget special effects
• 五(wǔ)濁(zhuó) the five impurities
• 五(wǔ)燈(dēng)會(huì)元(yuán) Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
• 五(wǔ)環(huán)會(huì)徽(huī) Olympic rings
• 五(wǔ)瘟(wēn) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
• 五(wǔ)瘟(wēn)神(shén) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
• 五(wǔ)百(bǎi)年(nián)前(qián)是(shì)一(yī)家(jiā) five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying)
• 五(wǔ)碳(tàn)糖(táng) pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖 hétáng
• 五(wǔ)祖(zǔ)拳(quán) Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
• 五(wǔ)筆(bǐ)字(zì)形(xíng) Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes
• 五(wǔ)筆(bǐ)編(biān)碼(mǎ) five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
• 五(wǔ)筆(bǐ)輸(shū)入(rù)法(fǎ) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
• 五(wǔ)等(děng)爵(jué)位(wèi) five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公 gōng, Marquis 侯 hóu, Count 伯 bó, Viscount 子 zǐ, Baron 男 nán
• 五(wǔ)級(jí)士(shì)官(guān) master sergeant
• 五(wǔ)胡(hú)十(shí)六(liù)國(guó) Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people
• 五(wǔ)芒(máng)星(xīng) five-pointed star
• 五(wǔ)講(jiǎng)四(sì)美(měi)三(sān)熱(rè)愛(ài) the five emphases, four beauties and three loves
• 五(wǔ)辛(xīn)素(sù) non-Buddhist vegetarian
• 五(wǔ)金(jīn)店(diàn)鋪(pù) hardware store
• 五(wǔ)針(zhēn)松(sōng) Japanese white pine
• 五(wǔ)險(xiǎn)一(yī)金(jīn) employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
• 五(wǔ)音(yīn)度(dù) fifth
• 五(wǔ)項(xiàng)全(quán)能(néng) pentathlon
• 五(wǔ)鬼(guǐ) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence