| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 五年计划 | wǔ nián jì huà | Five-Year Plan |
| 五边形 | wǔ biān xíng | pentagon |
| 五一 | wǔ yī | 5-1 (May 1st) |
| 五代 | wǔ dài | Five dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang); the five dynasties forming the interregnum between Tang and Song (936-947), namely: Later Liang 后梁, Later Tang 后唐, Later Jin 后晋, Later Han 后汉, Later Zhou 后周 |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 五四运动 | Wǔ sì Yùn dòng | May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五音 | wǔ yīn | five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齿音, 唇音 |
| 五色 | wǔ sè | multi-colored; the rainbow; garish |
| 五角星 | wǔ jiǎo xīng | pentagram |
| 五彩 | wǔ cǎi | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored |
| 五星 | wǔ xīng | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 |
| 五星红旗 | wǔ xīng hóng qí | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) |
| 五岭 | wǔ lǐng | the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guandong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾岭, Dupang 都庞岭, Qitian 骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城岭 |
| 五更 | wǔ gēng | fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old) |
| 五彩缤纷 | wǔ cǎi bīn fēn | all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display |
| 五台 | Wǔ tái | Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 五代十国 | wǔ dài shí guó | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979) |
| 五常 | wǔ cháng | 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; Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 五谷 | wǔ gǔ | five crops, e.g. millet 粟, soya bean 豆, sesame 麻, barley 麦, rice 稻 or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley |
| 五脏 | wǔ zàng | five viscera of traditional Chinese medicine, namely: heart 心, liver 肝, spleen 脾, lungs 肺 and kidneys 肾 |
| 五光十色 | wǔ guāng shí sè | brilliant colors |
| 五花八门 | wǔ huā bā mén | myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of |
| 五指山 | Wǔ zhǐ shān | Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan |
| 五营 | Wǔ yíng | Wuying district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang |
| 五香 | wǔ xiāng | five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) |
| 五权宪法 | wǔ quán xiàn fǎ | Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan; The five courts or 院 are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考试院 Examination yuan, 监察院 Control yuan |
| 五洲 | wǔ zhōu | five continents; the world |
| 五刑 | wǔ xíng | imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨, cutting off the nose 劓, amputation of one or both feet 刖, castration 宫, execution 大辟; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖, forced labor 徒, exile or banishment 流, capital punishment 死 |
| 五味 | wǔ wèi | the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 咸; all kinds of flavors |
| 五霸 | wǔ bà | The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period |
| 五方 | wǔ fāng | five directions, namely: east 东, south 南, west 西, north 北 and middle 中 |
| 五台山 | Wǔ tái shān | Mt Wutai in Shanxi, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 |
| 五颜六色 | wǔ yán liù sè | multi-colored; every color under the sun |
| 五体投地 | wǔ tǐ tóu dì | to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb |
| 五七 | wǔ qī | memorial activity 35 days after a person's death |
| 五七一代 | wǔ qī yī dài | generation of 1957; refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 |
| 五七干校 | wǔ qī gàn xiào | May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. for 五七干部学校 |
| 五七干部学校 | wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào | May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. 五七干校 |
| 五世 | wǔ shì | the fifth (of series of numbered kings) |
| 五五 | wǔ wǔ | 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc) |
| 五人墓碑记 | wǔ rén mù bēi jì | Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 张溥 |
| 五代史 | Wǔ dài shǐ | History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls |
| 五倍子树 | wǔ bèi zi shù | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) |
| 五伦 | wǔ lún | the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) |
| 五分之一 | wǔ fēn zhī yī | one fifth |
| 五分熟 | wǔ fēn shú | cooked five minutes; medium (of steak) |
| 五分美金 | wǔ fēn Měi jīn | nickel; five US cents |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五十步笑百步 | wu shí bù xiào bǎi bù | the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps; the pot calls the kettle black |
