五 wǔ

five; surname

HSK 1 #279

DEFINITIONS

  • five
  • surname
  • five
  • 5

STROKES

WORDS

五脏 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
五花八门 wǔ huā bā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
五代 wǔ 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
五花肉 wǔ huā ròu pork belly; streaky pork
五彩缤纷 wǔ cǎi bīn fēn all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五年计划 wǔ nián jì huà Five-Year Plan
五台 wǔ tái Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
五谷 wǔ gǔ 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
五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ every few days (idiom)
三五 sān wǔ several; three or five
三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún in groups of three or four (idiom)
五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè bright and multicolored; of rich variety; (fig.) dazzling; glitzy
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì over and over again (idiom)
五月节 wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
五湖四海 wǔ hú sì hǎi all parts of the country
五谷丰登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops; bumper grain harvest
五线谱 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff; stave
五边形 wǔ biān xíng pentagon
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)
五世 wǔ shì the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
五加 wǔ jiā Acanthopanax gracilistylus
五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang
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