five

5

a picture of 五 → five

In oracle bone script, 五 depicted two lines crossing each other, likely an abstract symbol for counting to five. The 二-like strokes visible today are remnants of that ancient cross shape, not a meaningful decomposition into 'two' parts.

The number twoSemantic

她有只猫。

tā yǒu wǔ zhī māo。

She has five cats.

我们班一共有十个学生。

wǒ men bān yī gòng yǒu wǔ shí gè xué sheng。

Our class has fifty students in total.

Words with 五

五十

wǔ shí

fifty

周五

zhōu wǔ

Friday

过五关斩六将

guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)

重五

chóng wǔ

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

钻石王老五

zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔ

highly eligible bachelor

隔三岔五

gé sān chà wǔ

variant of 隔三差五[ge2 san1 cha4 wu3]

隔三差五

gé sān chà wǔ

(idiom) every few days; every once in a while

零点五

líng diǎn wǔ

0.5; a half

麻雀虽小,五脏俱全

má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán

the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom)

黑五

hēi wǔ

Black Friday (abbr. for 黑色星期五[Hei1 se4 Xing1 qi1 wu3])

黑五类

hēi wǔ lèi

the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists

黑色星期五

hēi sè xīng qī wǔ

Black Friday

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