五 ng⁵ {wǔ}

1. five
2. 5

五百 ng⁵ baak³ {wǔ bǎi}

five hundred

五千 ng⁵ cin¹ {wǔ qiān}

five thousand

五服 ng⁵ fuk⁶ {wǔ fú}

the five classifications of mourning attire used across East Asia

五邑 ng⁵ jap¹ {wǔ yì}

the Greater Taishan Region which includes, Heshan, Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, situated in the Pearl River Delta

五日 ng⁵ jat⁶ {Wǔ rì}

five days; fifth [date]

五年 ng⁵ nin⁴ {wǔ nián}

Five years

五內〔-内〕 ng⁵ noi⁶ {wǔ nèi}

five viscera (consist of heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys)

五山 ng⁵ saan¹ {Wǔ Shān}

Wushan- a place in Guangzhou, China

五指 ng⁵ zi² {wǔ zhǐ}

Five fingers

五霸 ng⁵ baa³ {Wǔ bà}

the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋

五筆〔-笔〕 ng⁵ bat¹ {wǔ bǐ}

abbr. of 五筆字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

五七 ng⁵ cat¹ {wǔ qī}

memorial activity 35 days after a person's death

五彩 ng⁵ coi² {wǔ cǎi}

1. five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
2. multicolored

五帝 ng⁵ dai³ {wǔ dì}

1. Five Emperors from legendary times
2. possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
3. usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊, Di Ku 帝嚳, Tang Yao 唐堯, Yu Shun 虞舜

五代 ng⁵ doi⁶ {Wǔ dài}

1. Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang)
2. the five dynasties forming the interregnum between Tang and Song (936-947), namely: Later Liang 後梁, Later Tang 後唐, Later Jin 後晉, Later Han 後漢, Later Zhou 後周

五度 ng⁵ dou⁶ {wǔ dù}

1. five degrees
2. fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)

五方 ng⁵ fong¹ {wǔ fāng}

five directions, namely: east 東, south 南, west 西, north 北 and middle 中

五峰 ng⁵ fung¹ {Wǔ fēng}

1. abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣, Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei
2. Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣, northwest Taiwan

五加 ng⁵ gaa¹ {wǔ jiā}

Acanthopanax gracilistylus

五更 ng⁵ gaang¹ {wǔ gēng}

fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)

五金 ng⁵ gam¹ {wǔ jīn}

1. metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
2. the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫

五經〔-经〕 ng⁵ ging¹ {Wǔ jīng}

the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經, the Book of History 書經, the Classic of Rites 禮記, the Book of Changes 易經, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋

五結〔-结〕 ng⁵ git³ {Wǔ jié}

Wujie or Wuchieh township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣, Taiwan

五角 ng⁵ gok³ {wǔ jiǎo}

pentagon

五股 ng⁵ gu² {Wǔ gǔ}

Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

五穀〔-谷〕 ng⁵ guk¹ {wǔ gǔ}

1. five crops, e.g. millet 粟, soybean 豆, sesame 麻, barley 麥, rice 稻 or other variants
2. all crops
3. all grains
4. oats, peas, beans and barley

五官 ng⁵ gun¹ {wǔ guān}

1. five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
2. facial features

五鬼 ng⁵ gwai² {wǔ guǐ}

1. five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
2. also written 五瘟神

五行 ng⁵ hang⁴ {wǔ xíng}

five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水

五河 ng⁵ ho⁴ {Wǔ hé}

1. Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui
2. Punjab, province of Pakistan

五香 ng⁵ hoeng¹ {wǔ xiāng}

1. five spice seasoned
2. incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)

五號〔-号〕 ng⁵ hou⁶ {wǔ hào}

1. the fifth
2. fifth day of a month

五音 ng⁵ jam¹ {wǔ yīn}

1. five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
2. five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音, 唇音

五一 ng⁵ jat¹ {wǔ yī}

5-1 (May 1st)

五刑 ng⁵ jing⁴ {wǔ xíng}

1. imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨, cutting off the nose 劓, amputation of one or both feet 刖, castration 宮, execution 大辟
2. Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖, forced labor 徒, exile or banishment 流, capital punishment 死

五形 ng⁵ jing⁴ {wǔ xíng}

Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art

五營〔-营〕 ng⁵ jing⁴ {Wǔ yíng}

Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang

五院 ng⁵ jyun² {wǔ yuàn}

Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院 Examination yuan, 監察院 Control yuan

五原 ng⁵ jyun⁴ {Wǔ yuán}

Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾, Inner Mongolia

五月 ng⁵ jyut⁶ {Wǔ yuè}

1. May
2. fifth month (of the lunar year)

五倫〔-伦〕 ng⁵ leon⁴ {wǔ lún}

the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)

五蓮〔-莲〕 ng⁵ lin⁴ {Wǔ lián}

Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong

五嶺〔-岭〕 ng⁵ ling⁵ {wǔ lǐng}

the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺, Dupang 都龐嶺, Qitian 騎田嶺, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺 and Yuecheng 越城嶺

五涼〔-凉〕 ng⁵ loeng⁴ {Wǔ Liáng}

the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421)

五味 ng⁵ mei⁶ {wǔ wèi}

1. the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹
2. all kinds of flavors

五五 ng⁵ ng⁵ {wǔ wǔ}

1. 50-50
2. equal (share, partnership etc)

五嶽〔-岳〕 ng⁵ ngok⁶ {Wǔ yuè}

Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan

五卅 ng⁵ saa¹ {wǔ sà}

abbr. for 五卅運動, The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)

五世 ng⁵ sai³ {wǔ shì}

the fifth (of series of numbered kings)

五十 ng⁵ sap⁶ {wǔ shí}

fifty

五四 ng⁵ sei³ {wǔ sì}

fourth of May, cf 五四運動, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles

五色 ng⁵ sik¹ {wǔ sè}

1. multi-colored
2. the rainbow
3. garish

五星 ng⁵ sing¹ {wǔ xīng}

the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星

五常 ng⁵ soeng⁴ {wǔ cháng}

1. five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義, propriety 禮, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信
2. five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends)
3. five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土

五常 ng⁵ soeng⁴ {Wǔ cháng}

Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱, Heilongjiang

五臺〔-台〕 ng⁵ toi⁴ {Wǔ tái}

Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi

五華〔-华〕 ng⁵ waa⁴ {Wǔ huá}

1. Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong
2. Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan

五環〔-环〕 ng⁵ waan⁴ {wǔ huán}

1. five rings
2. pentacyclic (chemistry)

五瘟 ng⁵ wan¹ {wǔ wēn}

five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence

五蘊〔-蕴〕 ng⁵ wan² {wǔ yùn}

the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)

五胡 ng⁵ wu⁴ {Wǔ hú}

Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴, Xianbei 鮮卑, Jie 羯, Di 氐, Qiang 羌, esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國

五寨 ng⁵ zaai⁶ {Wǔ zhài}

Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi

五洲 ng⁵ zau¹ {wǔ zhōu}

1. five continents
2. the world

五臟〔-脏〕 ng⁵ zong⁶ {wǔ zàng}

five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心, liver 肝, spleen 脾, lungs 肺 and kidneys 腎

五點鐘〔-点钟〕 ng⁵ dim² zung¹ {wǔ diǎn zhōng}

Five o'clock

五花茶 ng⁵ faa¹ caa⁴ {wǔ huā chá}

mixed herbal tea made of five different kinds of flowers

五金舖〔--铺〕 ng⁵ gam¹ pou³ {wǔ jīn pù}

Hardware shop

五金鋪〔--铺〕 ng⁵ gam¹ pou³ {wǔ jīn pù}

Hardware shop

五個字〔-个-〕 ng⁵ go³ zi⁶ {wǔ gè zì}

1. five characters or words 2. twenty-five minutes

五月茶 ng⁵ jyut⁶ caa⁴ {wǔ yuè chá}

Antidesma bunium, a species of fruit tree

五柳魚〔--鱼〕 ng⁵ lau⁵ jyu⁴ {wǔ liǔ yú}

a fish dish in Chinese cooking, which it is categorized as Sichuan or Hangzhou cuisine

五稜鏡〔-棱镜〕 ng⁵ ling⁴ geng³ {wǔ léng jìng}

Pentaprism

五味架 ng⁵ mei⁶ gaa² {wǔ wèi jià}

cruet-stand; cruet set

五五波 ng⁵ ng⁵ bo¹ {wǔ wǔ bō}

a fifty-fifty situation; a fifty-fifty chance (often used to describe an evenly matched sporting event)

五山站 ng⁵ saan¹ zaam⁶ {Wǔ Shān zhàn}

Wushan station- a place in Guangzhou, China

五十五 ng⁵ sap⁶ ng⁵ {wǔ shí wǔ}

fifty-five

五蛇羹 ng⁵ se⁴ gang¹ {wǔ shé gēng}

snake soup cooked with five types of snakes

五桶櫃〔--柜〕 ng⁵ tung² gwai⁶ {wǔ tǒng guì}

a drawer with five cabinets

五邊形〔-边-〕 ng⁵ bin¹ jing⁴ {wǔ biān xíng}

pentagon

五步蛇 ng⁵ bou⁶ se⁴ {wǔ bù shé}

1. Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper
2. also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)

五旬節〔--节〕 ng⁵ ceon⁴ zit³ {wǔ xún jié}

Pentecost

五打一 ng⁵ daa² jat¹ {wǔ dǎ yī}

to masturbate (slang)

五大湖 ng⁵ daai⁶ wu⁴ {Wǔ dà hú}

1. Great Lakes
2. the five north American Great Lakes

五大洲 ng⁵ daai⁶ zau¹ {wǔ dà zhōu}

1. five continents
2. the whole world

五斗櫃〔--柜〕 ng⁵ dau² gwai⁶ {wǔ dǒu guì}

chest of drawers

五代史 ng⁵ doi⁶ si² {Wǔ dài shǐ}

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

五道口 ng⁵ dou⁶ hau² {Wǔ dào kǒu}

Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing

五花肉 ng⁵ faa¹ juk⁶ {wǔ huā ròu}

streaky pork

五分熟 ng⁵ fan¹ suk⁶ {wǔ fēn shú}

1. cooked five minutes
2. medium (of steak)

五虎將〔--将〕 ng⁵ fu² zoeng³ {Wǔ hǔ jiàng}

Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽, Zhang Fei 張飛, Zhao Yun 趙雲, Ma Chao 馬超, Huang Zhong 黃忠

五峰鄉〔--乡〕 ng⁵ fung¹ hoeng¹ {Wǔ fēng xiāng}

Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣, northwest Taiwan

五峰縣〔--县〕 ng⁵ fung¹ jyun⁶ {Wǔ fēng Xiàn}

abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣, Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei

五家渠 ng⁵ gaa¹ keoi⁴ {Wǔ jiā qú}

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

五金店 ng⁵ gam¹ dim³ {wǔ jīn diàn}

1. hardware store
2. ironmonger's store

五結鄉〔-结乡〕 ng⁵ git³ hoeng¹ {Wǔ jié xiāng}

Wujie or Wuchieh township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣, Taiwan

五角場〔--场〕 ng⁵ gok³ coeng⁴ {Wǔ jiǎo chǎng}

Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University

五角形 ng⁵ gok³ jing⁴ {wǔ jiǎo xíng}

pentagon

五角星 ng⁵ gok³ sing¹ {wǔ jiǎo xīng}

pentagram

五股鄉〔--乡〕 ng⁵ gu² hoeng¹ {Wǔ gǔ xiāng}

Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

五河縣〔--县〕 ng⁵ ho⁴ jyun⁶ {Wǔ hé xiàn}

Wuhe county in Bengbu 蚌埠, Anhui

五香粉 ng⁵ hoeng¹ fan² {wǔ xiāng fěn}

five spices powder

五音度 ng⁵ jam¹ dou⁶ {wǔ yīn dù}

fifth (musical interval)

五營區〔-营区〕 ng⁵ jing⁴ keoi¹ {Wǔ yíng qū}

Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang

五原縣〔--县〕 ng⁵ jyun⁴ jyun⁶ {Wǔ yuán xiàn}

Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾, Inner Mongolia

五月份 ng⁵ jyut⁶ fan⁶ {wǔ yuè fèn}

May

五月節〔--节〕 ng⁵ jyut⁶ zit³ {Wǔ yuè jié}

Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)

五蓮縣〔-莲县〕 ng⁵ lin⁴ jyun⁶ {Wǔ lián xiàn}

Wulian county in Rizhao 日照, Shandong

五苓散 ng⁵ ling⁴ saan² {wǔ líng sǎn}

1. wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM)
2. poria five powder
3. Hoelen five powder
4. five ling powder

五糧液〔-粮-〕 ng⁵ loeng⁴ jik⁶ {Wǔ liáng yè}

1. Wuliangye liquor
2. Five Grain liquor

五味子 ng⁵ mei⁶ zi² {wǔ wèi zǐ}

1. schizandra (Schisandra chinensis)
2. Magnolia vine

五毛黨〔--党〕 ng⁵ mou⁴ dong² {wǔ máo dǎng}

fifty cents party (person supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)

五十肩 ng⁵ sap⁶ gin¹ {wǔ shí jiān}

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

五十鈴〔--铃〕 ng⁵ sap⁶ ling⁴ {Wǔ shí líng}

Isuzu

五線譜〔-线谱〕 ng⁵ sin³ pou² {wǔ xiàn pǔ}

1. (music) staff
2. stave

五星級〔--级〕 ng⁵ sing¹ kap¹ {wǔ xīng jí}

five-star (hotel)

五常市 ng⁵ soeng⁴ si⁵ {Wǔ cháng shì}

Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱, Heilongjiang

五碳糖 ng⁵ taan³ tong⁴ {wǔ tàn táng}

pentose (CH20)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖

五臺縣〔-台县〕 ng⁵ toi⁴ jyun⁶ {Wǔ tái xiàn}

Wutai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi

五臺山〔-台-〕 ng⁵ toi⁴ saan¹ {Wǔ tái Shān}

Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊

五臺市〔-台-〕 ng⁵ toi⁴ si⁵ {Wǔ tái shì}

Wutai city in Shanxi

五通橋〔--桥〕 ng⁵ tung¹ kiu⁴ {Wǔ tōng qiáo}

Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市, Sichuan

五華縣〔-华县〕 ng⁵ waa⁴ jyun⁶ {Wǔ huá xiàn}

Wuhua county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong

五華區〔-华区〕 ng⁵ waa⁴ keoi¹ {Wǔ huá qū}

Wuhua district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan

五瘟神 ng⁵ wan¹ san⁴ {wǔ wēn shén}

1. five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
2. cf four horsemen of the apocalypse

五寨縣〔--县〕 ng⁵ zaai⁶ jyun⁶ {Wǔ zhài xiàn}

Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi

五子棋 ng⁵ zi² kei⁴ {wǔ zǐ qí}

1. five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
2. Japanese: gomoku
3. gobang

五指山 ng⁵ zi² saan¹ {Wǔ zhǐ shān}

1. Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
2. Wuzhishan City, Hainan

五祖拳 ng⁵ zou² kyun⁴ {wǔ zǔ quán}

Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art

五餅二魚〔-饼-鱼〕 ng⁵ beng² ji⁶ jyu⁴ {wǔ bǐng èr yú}

Five Loaves and Two fish,a miracle story in the Bible

五行欠打 ng⁵ hang⁴ him³ daa² {wǔ xíng qiàn dǎ}

someone who does some behaviors and make people so mad that he/she deserves some beatings

五行欠水 ng⁵ hang⁴ him³ seoi² {wǔ xíng qiàn shuǐ}

in financial strait (slang)

五行缺水 ng⁵ hang⁴ kyut³ seoi² {wǔ xíng quē shuǐ}

a humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the element of water'

五窮六絕〔-穷-绝〕 ng⁵ kung⁴ luk⁶ zyut⁶ {wǔ qióng liù jué}

to become desperate

五馬分屍〔-马-尸〕 ng⁵ maa⁵ fan¹ si¹ {wǔ mǎ fēn shī}

dismemberment, as a person's head and limbs are attached to five horses and being tore off

五顏六色〔-颜--〕 ng⁵ ngaan⁴ luk⁶ sik¹ {wǔ yán liù sè}

(adjective) rainbow-colored

五爪金龍〔---龙〕 ng⁵ zaau² gam¹ lung⁴ {wǔ zhǎo jīn lóng}

monitor lizard

五枝旗杆 ng⁵ zi¹ kei⁴ gon¹ {wǔ zhī qí gān}

Five Flagpoles, is a famous meeting point in Tsim Sha Tsui during 80s and 90s

五筆編碼〔-笔编码〕 ng⁵ bat¹ pin¹ maa⁵ {wǔ bǐ biān mǎ}

five-stroke code, Chinese character input method

五筆字型〔-笔--〕 ng⁵ bat¹ zi⁶ jing⁴ {wǔ bǐ zì xíng}

five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

五七幹校〔--干-〕 ng⁵ cat¹ gon³ haau⁶ {wǔ qī gàn xiào}

1. May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)
2. abbr. for 五七幹部學校

五七一代 ng⁵ cat¹ jat¹ doi⁶ {wǔ qī yī dài}

1. generation of 1957
2. refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957

五彩繽紛〔--缤纷〕 ng⁵ coi² ban¹ fan¹ {wǔ cǎi bīn fēn}

all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display

五彩賓紛〔--宾纷〕 ng⁵ coi² ban¹ fan¹ {wǔ cǎi bīn fēn}

colorful

五大連池〔--连-〕 ng⁵ daai⁶ lin⁴ ci⁴ {Wǔ dà lián chí}

Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang

五大名山 ng⁵ daai⁶ ming⁴ saan¹ {Wǔ dà Míng shān}

Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan

五燈會元〔-灯会-〕 ng⁵ dang¹ wui² jyun⁴ {Wǔ dēng Huì yuán}

Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls

五等爵位 ng⁵ dang² zoek³ wai⁶ {wǔ děng jué wèi}

five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公, Marquis 侯, Count 伯, Viscount 子, Baron 男

五斗米道 ng⁵ dau² mai⁵ dou⁶ {Wǔ dǒu mǐ Dào}

1. Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
2. Way of the Celestial Master

五代十國〔---国〕 ng⁵ doi⁶ sap⁶ gwok³ {Wǔ dài Shí guó}

Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China

五短身材 ng⁵ dyun² san¹ coi⁴ {wǔ duǎn shēn cái}

(of a person) short in stature

五花八門〔---门〕 ng⁵ faa¹ baat³ mun⁴ {wǔ huā bā mén}

1. myriad
2. all kinds of
3. all sorts of

五花大綁〔---绑〕 ng⁵ faa¹ daai⁶ bong² {wǔ huā dà bǎng}

1. to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck
2. to truss up

五分美金 ng⁵ fan¹ mei⁵ gam¹ {wǔ fēn Měi jīn}

1. nickel
2. five US cents

五分之一 ng⁵ fan⁶ zi¹ jat¹ {wǔ fēn zhī yī}

one fifth

五福臨門〔--临门〕 ng⁵ fuk¹ lam⁴ mun⁴ {wǔ fú lín mén}

1. lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
2. (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

五家渠市 ng⁵ gaa¹ keoi⁴ si⁵ {Wǔ jiā qú shì}

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

五金店鋪〔---铺〕 ng⁵ gam¹ dim³ pou³ {wǔ jīn diàn pù}

hardware store

五角大樓〔---楼〕 ng⁵ gok³ daai⁶ lau⁴ {Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóu}

the Pentagon

五穀豐登〔-谷丰-〕 ng⁵ guk¹ fung¹ dang¹ {wǔ gǔ fēng dēng}

1. abundant harvest of all food crops
2. bumper grain harvest

五官端正 ng⁵ gun¹ dyun¹ zing³ {wǔ guān duān zhèng}

to have regular features

五鬼鬧判〔--闹-〕 ng⁵ gwai² naau⁶ pun³ {wǔ guǐ nào pàn}

Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells

五光十色 ng⁵ gwong¹ sap⁶ sik¹ {wǔ guāng shí sè}

brilliant colors

五行八作 ng⁵ hang⁴ baat³ zok³ {wǔ háng bā zuō}

1. all the trades
2. people of all trades and professions

五口通商 ng⁵ hau² tung¹ soeng¹ {wǔ kǒu tōng shāng}

the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門 and Shanghai 上海

五項全能〔-项--〕 ng⁵ hong⁶ cyun⁴ nang⁴ {wǔ xiàng quán néng}

pentathlon

五號電池〔-号电-〕 ng⁵ hou⁶ din⁶ ci⁴ {wǔ hào diàn chí}

1. AA battery (PRC)
2. Taiwan equivalent: 三號電池

五音不全 ng⁵ jam¹ bat¹ cyun⁴ {wǔ yīn bù quán}

1. tone deaf
2. unable to sing in tune

五言絕句〔--绝-〕 ng⁵ jin⁴ zyut⁶ geoi³ {wǔ yán jué jù}

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

五級士官〔-级--〕 ng⁵ kap¹ si⁶ gun¹ {wǔ jí shì guān}

master sergeant

五權憲法〔-权宪-〕 ng⁵ kyun⁴ hin³ faat³ {wǔ quán xiàn fǎ}

1. Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
2. The five courts or 院 are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院 Examination yuan, 監察院 Control yuan

五勞七傷〔-劳-伤〕 ng⁵ lou⁴ cat¹ soeng¹ {wǔ láo qī shāng}

(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟, 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)

五味俱全 ng⁵ mei⁶ keoi¹ cyun⁴ {wǔ wèi jū quán}

a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun

五顏六色〔-颜--〕 ng⁵ ngaan⁴ luk⁶ sik¹ {wǔ yán liù sè}

1. multi-colored
2. every color under the sun

五年計劃〔--计划〕 ng⁵ nin⁴ gai³ waak⁶ {wǔ nián jì huà}

Five-Year Plan

五倍子樹〔---树〕 ng⁵ pui⁵ zi² syu⁶ {wǔ bèi zi shù}

Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)

五卅運動〔--运动〕 ng⁵ saa¹ wan⁶ dung⁶ {wǔ sà yùn dòng}

anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc

五四運動〔--运动〕 ng⁵ sei³ wan⁶ dung⁶ {Wǔ sì Yùn dòng}

1. May Fourth Movement
2. Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles

五色繽紛〔--缤纷〕 ng⁵ sik¹ ban¹ fan¹ {wǔ sè bīn fēn}

all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display

五星紅旗〔--红-〕 ng⁵ sing¹ hung⁴ kei⁴ {wǔ xīng hóng qí}

five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)

五聲音階〔-声-阶〕 ng⁵ sing¹ jam¹ gaai¹ {wǔ shēng yīn jiē}

pentatonic scale

五體投地〔-体--〕 ng⁵ tai² tau⁴ dei⁶ {wǔ tǐ tóu dì}

to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

五通橋區〔--桥区〕 ng⁵ tung¹ kiu⁴ keoi¹ {Wǔ tōng qiáo qū}

Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 樂山市, Sichuan

五環會徽〔-环会-〕 ng⁵ waan⁴ wui² fai¹ {wǔ huán huì huī}

Olympic rings

五湖四海 ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi² {wǔ hú sì hǎi}

1. all over the world
2. everywhere under the sun

五指山市 ng⁵ zi² saan¹ si⁵ {Wǔ zhǐ shān shì}

Wuzhishan City, Hainan

五臟六腑〔-脏--〕 ng⁵ zong⁶ luk⁶ fu² {wǔ zàng liù fǔ}

five viscera and six bowels (TCM)

五一勞動節〔--劳动节〕 ng⁵ jat¹ lou⁴ dung⁶ zit³ {Wǔ Yī Láo dòng jié}

May 1st Labour Day

五筆輸入法〔-笔输--〕 ng⁵ bat¹ syu¹ jap⁶ faat³ {wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ}

five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

五大連池市〔--连--〕 ng⁵ daai⁶ lin⁴ ci⁴ si⁵ {Wǔ dà lián chí shì}

Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang

五花醃豬肉〔--腌猪-〕 ng⁵ faa¹ jip³ zyu¹ juk⁶ {wǔ huā yān zhū ròu}

streaky bacon

五人墓碑記〔----记〕 ng⁵ jan⁴ mou⁶ bei¹ gei³ {wǔ rén mù bēi jì}

Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 張溥

五氧化二釩〔----钒〕 ng⁵ joeng⁵ faa³ ji⁶ faan⁴ {wǔ yǎng huà èr fán}

1. Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
2. vanadic anhydride

五胡十六國〔----国〕 ng⁵ wu⁴ sap⁶ luk⁶ gwok³ {Wǔ hú Shí liù guó}

Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)

五時花六時變〔-时--时变〕 ng⁵ si⁴ faa¹ luk⁶ si⁴ bin³ {wǔ shí huā liù shí biàn}

indecisive (slang)

五七幹部學校〔--干-学-〕 ng⁵ cat¹ gon³ bou⁶ hok⁶ haau⁶ {wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào}

1. May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)
2. abbr. to 五七幹校

五十步笑百步 ng⁵ sap⁶ bou⁶ siu³ baak³ bou⁶ {wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù}

1. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
2. the pot calls the kettle black

五四愛國運動〔--爱国运动〕 ng⁵ sei³ oi³ gwok³ wan⁶ dung⁶ {wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng}

1. May Fourth Movement
2. Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles

五百年前是一家 ng⁵ baak³ nin⁴ cin⁴ si⁶ jat¹ gaa¹ {wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā}

five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)

五峰土家族自治縣〔-------县〕 ng⁵ fung¹ tou² gaa¹ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Wǔ fēng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn}

Wufeng Tujiazu Autonomous County in Hubei