| 1 | 五 | 五 | wǔ | wu3 | five; 5 | | |
| 2 | 五十 | 五十 | wǔ shí | wu3 shi2 | fifty | | |
| 3 | 五四 | 五四 | wǔ sì | wu3 si4 | fourth of May, cf 五四运动 , national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles | | |
| 4 | 五年计划 | 五年計劃 | wǔ nián jì huà | wu3 nian2 ji4 hua4 | Five-Year Plan | | |
| 5 | 五万 | 五萬 | wǔ wàn | wu3 wan4 | 50 thousand | | |
| 6 | 五代 | 五代 | wǔ dài | Wu3 dai4 | 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 | | |
| 7 | 五色 | 五色 | wǔ sè | wu3 se4 | multi-colored; the rainbow; garish | | |
| 8 | 五四运动 | 五四運動 | wǔ sì yùn dòng | Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4 | May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles | | |
| 9 | 五指 | 五指 | wǔ zhǐ | wu3 zhi3 | the five fingers of one's hand | | |
| 10 | 五常 | 五常 | wǔ cháng | wu3 chang2 | Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈尔滨 , Heilongjiang; five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁 , righteousness 义 , propriety 礼 , wisdom 智 and fidelity 信 ; five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends); five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水 , fire 火 , wood 木 , metal 金 , earth 土 | | |
| 11 | 五单位码 | 五單位碼 | wǔ dān wèi mǎ | wu3 dan1 wei4 ma3 | five-unit code; five-bit code | | |
| 12 | 五代史 | 五代史 | wǔ dài shǐ | Wu3 dai4 shi3 | History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 , 150 scrolls | | |
| 13 | 五代十国 | 五代十國 | wǔ dài shí guó | Wu3 dai4 Shi2 guo2 | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China | | |
| 14 | 五大名山 | 五大名山 | wǔ dà míng shān | Wu3 da4 Ming2 shan1 | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Henan | | |
| 15 | 五大连池市 | 五大連池市 | wǔ dà lián chí shì | Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2 shi4 | Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河 , Heilongjiang | | |
| 16 | 五大连池 | 五大連池 | wǔ dà lián chí | Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2 | Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河 , Heilongjiang | | |
| 17 | 五祖拳 | 五祖拳 | wǔ zǔ quán | wu3 zu3 quan2 | Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art | | |
| 18 | 五彩宾纷 | 五彩賓紛 | wǔ cǎi bīn fēn | wu3 cai3 bin1 fen1 | all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display; colorful | | |
| 19 | 五彩 | 五彩 | wǔ cǎi | wu3 cai3 | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored | | |
| 20 | 五步蛇 | 五步蛇 | wǔ bù shé | wu3 bu4 she2 | Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper; also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) | | |
| 21 | 五笔字型 | 五筆字型 | wǔ bǐ zì xíng | wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2 | Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes; variant of 五笔字型 ; five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 | | |
| 22 | 五笔输入法 | 五筆輸入法 | wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ | wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3 | five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 | | |
| 23 | 五笔 | 五筆 | wǔ bǐ | wu3 bi3 | abbr. of 五笔字型 , five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 | | |
| 24 | 五倍子树 | 五倍子樹 | wǔ bèi zi shù | wu3 bei4 zi5 shu4 | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) | | |
| 25 | 五百年前是一家 | 五百年前是一家 | wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā | wu3 bai3 nian2 qian2 shi4 yi1 jia1 | five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) | | |