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Meaning of 伍

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Pinyin:
English Definition: squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
Chinese Definition:
①古代军队的编制:一伍(五人)。
②军队:入伍。落伍(掉队)。
③同伴的人:羞与为伍。
④“五”的大写。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 6; Radical:
Ideographic: Five people ; also provides the pronunciation
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Example Words
入伍 to enter the army; to enlist
退伍 tuì to be discharged from military service
落伍 luò to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated
为伍 wéi to associate with; to keep company with
配伍 pèi to blend two or more medicines; compatibility (of herbal remedies, medicines)
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Example Sentences
1
"She would hold the bundle like a doll, pretending it was him," he said.
2
沿
"You can see that our bed is flush against the corner of the room," said Mr Wu. "And along the bottom, we put boxes and chairs to make sure that the baby would not crawl out and fall.
3
访
The local police, fearful of criticism, chased away television reporters when they first came to interview Mr Wu.
4
I have seen Canada Governor Adrienne Clarkson on the Toronto avenue. Besides the two sturdy male following five meters away, Governor Wu and the husband are strolling just like common people.
5
西
便
Mr Wu's home county, on the dusty yellow plains of Shaanxi not far from Chairman Mao's revolutionary base of Yan'an, has become an easy source for the traffickers.