五
wǔ
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.
她有五只猫。
tā yǒu wǔ zhī māo。
She has five cats.
我们班一共有五十个学生。
wǒ men bān yī gòng yǒu wǔ shí gè xué sheng。
Our class has fifty students in total.
Words with 五
三五
sān wǔ
several
五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán
tone deaf
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
pork belly
五光十色
wǔ guāng shí sè
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
五脏六腑
wǔ zàng liù fǔ
five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
五卅运动
wǔ sà yùn dòng
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc
五大洲
wǔ dà zhōu
five continents
五十
wǔ shí
fifty
五线谱
wǔ xiàn pǔ
(music) staff
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
in groups of three or four (idiom)
五代
wǔ dài
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
五帝
wǔ dì
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]