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five / 5
nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
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)
梁唐晋汉周书 Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shū another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史[Jiu4 Wu3 dai4 shi3]
颛顼 Zhuān Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
五蕴 yùn the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
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]
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]
五谷 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
三五 sān several / three or five
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-
一更 gēng first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
日月五星 yuè xīng sun, moon and the five visible planets
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]
击掌 zhǎng to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five
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]
岭南 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
五苓散 líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
五刑 xíng 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[yue4], castration 宮|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]


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