(wǔ) five; 5
(wǔyī) 5-1 (May 1st)
(wǔqī) memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
(wǔqīyīdài) generation of 1957; refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957
(wǔqīgànxiào) May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4]
(wǔqīgànbùxuéxiào) May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. 五七幹校|五七干校
(wǔshì) the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
(wǔwǔ) 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc)
(wǔrénmùbēijì) Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3]
(wǔdài) Five dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang); the five dynasties forming the interregnum between Tang and Song (936-947), namely: Later Liang 後梁|后梁[Hou4 Liang2], Later Tang 後唐|后唐[Hou4 Tang2], Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], Later Han 後漢|后汉[Hou4 Han4], Later Zhou 後周|后周[Han4 Zhou1]
(wǔdàishíguó) Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979)
(wǔdàishǐ) History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
(wǔbèizishù) Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
(wǔlún) the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
(wǔguāngshísè) brilliant colors
(wǔfēnzhīyī) one fifth
(wǔfēnshú) cooked five minutes; medium (of steak)
(wǔfēnměijīn) nickel; five US cents
(wǔxíng) imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue2], castration 宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(wǔshí) fifty
(wushíbùxiàobǎibù) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps; the pot calls the kettle black
(wǔshílíng) Isuzu
(wǔsà) abbr. for 五卅運動|五卅运动[wu3 sa4 yun4 dong4], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
(wǔsàyùndòng) anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
(wǔyuán) Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
(wǔyuánxiàn) Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
(wǔkǒutōngshāng) the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
(wǔwèi) the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸; all kinds of flavors
(wǔwèijūquán) a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
(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
(wǔsìàiguóyùndòng) May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
(wǔsìyùndòng) May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
(wǔdàmíngshān) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
(wǔdàzhōu) five continents; the whole world
(wǔdàhú) Great Lakes; the five north American Great Lakes
(wǔdàliánchí) Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
(wǔdàliánchíshì) Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河[Hei1 he2], Heilongjiang
(wǔzǐqí) five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang
(wǔguān) five sense organs of traditional Chinese medicine (nose eyes lips tongue ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
(wǔjiāqú) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
(wǔjiāqúshì) Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
(wǔzhài) Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
(wǔzhàixiàn) Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
(wǔfēng) 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 Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei; Wufeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 xian4], northwest Taiwan
(wǔfēngtǔjiāzúzìzhìxiàn) Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei
(wǔfēngxiàn) 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 Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei
(wǔfēngxiāng) Wufeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 xian4], northwest Taiwan
(wǔlǐng) the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guandong 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]
(wǔyuè) Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
(wǔdì) Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜
(wǔcháng) Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
(wǔcháng) five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信; five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends); five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
(wǔchángshì) Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
(wǔniánjìhuà) Five-Year Plan
(wǔdù) five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
(wǔxíng) Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
(wǔcǎi) five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored
(wǔcǎibīnfēn) all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
(wǔcǎibīnfēn) colorful
(wǔzhǐshān) Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan
(wǔzhǐshānshì) Wuzhishan City, Hainan
(wǔdǒumǐdào) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement); Way of the Celestial Master
(wǔfāng) five directions, namely: east 東|东, south 南, west 西, north 北 and middle 中
(wǔxúnjié) Pentecost
(wǔxīng) the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
(wǔxīnghóngqí) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
(wǔxīngjí) five-star (hotel)
(wǔxīngjíjiǔdiàn) five-star hotel
(wǔgēng) fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
(wǔyuè) May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
(wǔyuèfèn) May
(wǔyuèjié) Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
(wǔquánxiànfǎ) Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan; The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
(wǔbùshé) Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper; also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
(wǔmáo) see 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]
(wǔmáodǎng) fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)
(wǔyǎnghuàèrfán) Vanadium pentoxide V2O5; vanadic anhydride
(wǔhé) Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui; Punjab, province of Pakistan
(wǔhéxiàn) Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠[Beng4 bu4], Anhui
(wǔzhōu) five continents; the world
(wǔliáng) the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|後凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
(wǔhúsìhǎi) all over the world; everywhere under the sun
(wǔdēnghuìyuán) Song dynasty history of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
(wǔyíng) Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
(wǔyíngqū) Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 shi4], Heilongjiang
(wǔhuán) five rings; pentacyclic (chemistry)
(wǔhuánhuìhuī) Olympic rings
(wǔwēn) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
(wǔwēnshén) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; cf four horsemen of the apocalypse
(wǔtàntáng) pentose (CH20)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2]
(wǔzǔquán) Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
(wǔgǔ) five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soya bean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley
(wǔbǐ) abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
(wǔbǐzìxíng) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
(wǔbǐzìxíng) Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes; variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型
(wǔbǐbiānmǎ) five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
(wǔbǐshūrùfǎ) five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
(wǔděngjuéwèi) five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
(wǔliángyè) Wuliangye liquor; Five Grain liquor
(wǔjíshìguān) master sergeant
(wǔjié) Wujie or Wuchieh township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan
(wǔjiéxiāng) Wujie or Wuchieh township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan
(wǔjīng) the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 Jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 Ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 Qiu1]
(wǔxiànpǔ) (music) staff; stave
(wǔshēngyīnjiē) pentatonic scale
(wǔgǔ) Wugu township in Taipei county 臺北縣|台北县[Tai2 bei3 xian4], Taiwan
(wǔgǔxiāng) Wugu township in Taipei county 臺北縣|台北县[Tai2 bei3 xian4], Taiwan
(wǔhú) five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[wu3 hu2 shi2 liu4 guo2]
(wǔhúshíliùguó) Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
(wǔzàng) five viscera of traditional Chinese medicine, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
(wǔzàngliùfǔ) five viscera and six bowels of traditional Chinese medicine
(wǔtái) Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
(wǔtáishān) Mt Wutai in Shanxi, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
(wǔtáishì) Wutai city in Shanxi
(wǔtáixiàn) Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
(wǔsè) multi-colored; the rainbow; garish
(wǔsèbīnfēn) all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
(wǔhuābāmén) myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
(wǔhuādàbǎng) to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck; to truss up
(wǔhuāròu) streaky pork
(wǔhuāyānzhūròu) streaky bacon
(wǔlíngsǎn) wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine); poria five powder; Hoelen five powder; five ling powder
(wǔhuá) Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong; Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 shi4], Yunnan
(wǔhuáqū) Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 shi4], Yunnan
(wǔhuáxiàn) Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
(wǔlián) Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
(wǔliánxiàn) Wulian county in Rizhao 日照[Ri4 zhao4], Shandong
(wǔyùn) the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
(wǔhǔjiàng) Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
(wǔhào) the fifth; fifth day of a month
(wǔhàodiànchí) AA battery (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池
(wǔxíng) five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
(wǔhángbāzuō) all the trades; people of all trades and professions
(wǔjiǎo) pentagon
(wǔjiǎodàlóu) the Pentagon
(wǔjiǎodàlóuguānyuán) Pentagon official
(wǔjiǎoxíng) pentagon
(wǔjiǎoxīng) pentagram
(wǔyánjuéjù) poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
(wǔtōngqiáo) Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
(wǔtōngqiáoqū) Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
(wǔdàokǒu) Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
(wǔbiānxíng) pentagon
(wǔjīn) metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
(wǔjīndiàn) hardware store; ironmonger's store
(wǔjīndiànpù) hardware store
(wǔyuàn) Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
(wǔbà) The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period
(wǔyīn) five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音|齿音, 唇音
(wǔyīnbùquán) tone deaf; unable to sing in tune
(wǔyīndù) fifth (musical interval)
(wǔxiàngquánnéng) pentathlon
(wǔyánliùsè) multi-colored; every color under the sun
(wǔxiāng) five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
(wǔxiāngfěn) five spices powder
(wǔtǐtóudì) to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
(wǔguǐ) five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; also written 五瘟神
(wǔguǐnàopàn) Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells