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nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
five / 5
zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
zhù five-string lute / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
五星级 xīng five-star (hotel)
gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / nobleman; high official
五金 jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1]
五行 xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
五星 xīng the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
泰山 Tài Shān Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
红星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]
五洲 zhōu five continents / the world
岭南 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
诗经 Shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
五脏六腑 zàng liù five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
三五 sān several / three or five
五官 guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
五粮液 liáng Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor


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