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  *五* | 五* | *五
five / 5
HSK 1
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  *男* | 男* | *男
(bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
HSK 1
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  *鐘* | 鐘* | *鐘
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
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  *公* | 公* | *公
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 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
HSK 6
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  *筑* | 筑* | *筑
five-string lute / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
HSK 7-9
five-star (hotel)
HSK 7-9
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence , justice 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and honor / alternative term for 五倫|五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements
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  *侯* | 侯* | *侯
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
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  *涼* | 涼* | *涼
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
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  *伯* | 伯* | *伯
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
Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
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  *伍* | 伍* | *伍
squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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  *甸* | 甸* | *甸
suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
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  *堯* | 堯* | *堯
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝
Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
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  *更* | 更* | *更
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)
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  *候* | 候* | *候
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
sense organs / the five senses
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies
the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
Wuliangye liquor / Five Grain liquor
five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart , liver , spleen , lungs and kidneys 腎|肾
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
Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan / Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
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  *子* | 子* | *子
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 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
several / three or five
to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five
Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安門|天安门)
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|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan
Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖
five continents / the whole world
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋
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
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴|五输穴)
Five-Year Plan
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
the five fingers of one's hand
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭, Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭, Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭
Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence , righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and fidelity )
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control yuan
Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾
(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), 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
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
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  *斛* | 斛* | *斛
ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数 and mixed number 帶分數|带分数
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经, a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经, 尚書|尚书, 書|书
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
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  *嚳* | 嚳* | *嚳
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝, trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC

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