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five / 5
nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
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)
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[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official
五星级 xīng five-star (hotel)
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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
五笔输入法 shū five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五彩 cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
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)
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]
五笔 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
五星 xīng the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五大洲 zhōu five continents / the whole world
五浊 zhuó the five impurities (Buddhism)
岭南 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
五常 cháng see 五常市[Wu3 chang2 Shi4] / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
五常 cháng the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3 lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3 xing2], the five elements
五星红旗 xīng hóng five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
五脏 zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
五险一金 xiǎn jīn employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
五芒星 máng xīng five-pointed star; pentagram
五角星 jiǎo xīng five-pointed star; pentagram
一更 gēng first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
全国代表大会 quán guó dài biǎo huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years


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