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五 [wǔ]
1. A numeral, the sum of four and one (often represented as "伍" in uppercase on banknotes and documents).
- Example: 五彩 (five colors).
- Example: 五官 (five senses).
- Example: 五谷 (five grains).
- Example: 五金 (five metals).
- Example: 五代 (the name of a Chinese dynasty, referring to the period when the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou established regimes in the central plains).
- Example: 五帝 (the five legendary emperors of China, usually referring to Huangdi, Zhuanxu, Diku, Tang Yao, and Yushun).
- Example: 五毒 (referring to five poisonous creatures: scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, toads).
- Example: 五行 (referring to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth).
- Example: 五岭 (referring to the five famous mountains: Yuechengling, Dupangling, Mengzhuling, Qitianling, Dayuling).
- Example: 五岳 (referring to the five great mountains in Chinese history: East Mount Tai, West Mount Hua, South Mount Heng, North Mount Heng, and Central Mount Song).
- Example: 五脏 (referring to the five internal organs: heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys).
2. An ancient Chinese musical notation symbol, equivalent to "6" in simplified notation.
五 [wǔ]
【形】
(五, a compound character formed from "二" which represents heaven and earth, and "乂" which implies crossing over. The original meaning: intersecting at noon, crisscrossing) Same as the original meaning (【英】: cross).
引
1. "说文" states: 五, yin and yang intersect between heaven and earth.
2. "诗·齐风·南山": 五两 of cloth shoes.
3. "诗·召南·羔羊": The fleece of lambs is adorned with five strands of white silk.
五 [wǔ]
Four plus one (【英】: five).
五 [wǔ]
【名】
1. An ancient military unit consisting of five men ([En.] five).
2. A pair; similar ([En.] pair; couple).
3. One of the note names in gongchepu, representing a scale degree ([En.] a note of the scale in gongchepu).
4. The five elements ([En.] the five elements).
5. It is synonymous with "伍". An ancient military organization, where five men form a unit; a column ([En.] troops).
6. Refers to the five emperors ([En.] five emperors).
7. Star's name, the name of a star in the twenty-eight constellations ([En.] star's name).
8. A surname.
引
1. In terms of numbers: four plus one (【英】: five).
2. "广韵": 五 is a number.
3. In "书·舜典": five years of patrol.
4. In Tang's "柳毅传": Block the five mountains.
5. In Song's "六国论": Five battles against Qin.
6. In Ming's "宗臣《报刘一丈书》": At least five or six bows.
7. In Qing's "方苞《狱中杂记》": Supervise five rooms.
例如:
- 五路总口 (the intersection of the five routes leading to the East, West, South, North, and Central).
- 五车腹笥 (a metaphor for rich knowledge, as if one has five carts full of books).
- 五方旗帜 (flags of five colors representing each of the five directions).
- 五伯 (refers to the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period).
- 五虫 (a collective term for five types of insects).
- 五木 (referring to ancient implements).
- 五浮 (the topsoil).
- 五细 (five types of low-status individuals).
- 五云 (the five types of cloud colors).
- 五剽 (a medium type of powdered soil).
- 五义 (five virtues between family members).
引
1. In "正字通": 五, synonymous with 伍, differing in meaning but same in pronunciation, where official documents state it as "五" instead of "伍".
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]
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
see 隔三差五|隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3]
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
Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei
all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动[wu3 sa4 yun4 dong4], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
过五关斩六将 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
five times / quintuple / fivefold