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五 wǔ five / 5
男 nán (bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
公 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)
钟 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)
五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember
侯 hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official
毛票 máo piào (coll.) Renminbi banknote with a denomination of one, two or five jiao 角[jiao3]
五星级 wǔ xīng jí five-star (hotel)
子 zǐ 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 wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
更 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 wǔ bǐ 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 wǔ xīng the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五大洲 wǔ dà zhōu five continents / the whole world
五浊 wǔ 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 Wǔ 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 wǔ 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 wǔ xīng hóng qí five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
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]
五险一金 wǔ xiǎn yī 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 wǔ máng xīng five-pointed star; pentagram
红星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star


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