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五
Pinyin: wǔ
English Definition: five; 5
Chinese Definition:
①数名，四加一(在钞票和单据上常用大写“伍”代)：五彩。五官。五谷。五金。五代(中国朝代名，后梁、后唐、后晋、后汉、后周先后在中原建立政权的时期)。五帝(中国传说中的五个帝王，通常指黄帝、颛顼、帝喾、唐尧、虞舜)。五毒(指蝎、蛇、蜈蚣、壁虎、蟾蜍)。五行(指金、木、水、火、土)。五岭(指越城岭，都庞岭，萌渚岭、骑田岭、大庾岭)。五岳(指东岳泰山、西岳华山、南岳衡山、北岳恒山和中岳嵩山，是中国历史上五大名山)。五脏(指心、肝、脾、肺、肾)。
②中国古代乐谱的记音符号，相当于简谱“6”。
Total strokes: 4; Radical: 二
Ideographic: Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一
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Example Words
五一 wǔ yī 5-1 (May 1st)
五星红旗 wǔ xīng hóng qí five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
五花八门 wǔ huā bā mén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored
五彩缤纷 wǔ cǎi bīn fēn all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
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