| 五号 | wǔ hào | the fifth; fifth day of a month |
| 五号电池 | wǔ hào diàn chí | AA battery (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 三号电池 |
| 五行八作 | wǔ háng bā zuō | all the trades; people of all trades and professions |
| 五角 | wǔ jiǎo | pentagon |
| 五角大楼 | wǔ jiǎo dà lóu | the Pentagon |
| 五角大楼官员 | wǔ jiǎo dà lóu guān yuán | Pentagon official |
| 五角形 | wǔ jiǎo xíng | pentagon |
| 五言绝句 | wǔ yán jué jù | poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line |
| 五通桥 | Wǔ tōng qiáo | Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 乐山市, Sichuan |
| 五通桥区 | Wǔ tōng qiáo qū | Wutongqiao district of Leshan city 乐山市, Sichuan |
| 五道口 | Wǔ dào kǒu | Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing |
| 五金 | wǔ jīn | metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金银铜铁锡 |
| 五金店 | wǔ jīn diàn | hardware store; ironmonger's store |
| 五金店铺 | wǔ jīn diàn pù | hardware store |
| 五院 | wǔ yuàn | Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 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 |
| 五音不全 | wǔ yīn bù quán | tone deaf; unable to sing in tune |
| 五音度 | wǔ yīn dù | fifth (musical interval) |
| 五项全能 | wǔ xiàng quán néng | pentathlon |
| 五香粉 | wǔ xiāng fěn | five spices powder |
| 五鬼 | wǔ guǐ | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; also written 五瘟神 |
| 五鬼闹判 | wǔ guǐ nào pàn | Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells |
| 亨利五世 | Hēng lì wǔ shì | Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt; History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 |
| 人五人六 | rén wǔ rén liù | to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior |
| 八一五 | bā yī wǔ | 15th August; refers to Japanese surrender in WWII on 15th August 1945 |
| 六・二五战争 | liù · èr wǔ zhàn zhēng | the Korean war (started June 25 1950) |
| 六二五事变 | liù èr wǔ shì biàn | Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950) |
| 刺五加 | cì wǔ jiā | manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 十五年 | shí wǔ nián | fifteen years |
| 吆五喝六 | yāo wǔ hè liù | lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling |
| 和平共处五项原则 | hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India |
| 哈拉尔五世 | Hā lā ěr Wǔ shì | Harald V of Norway |
四体不勤，
五谷不分 | sì tǐ bù qín ,
wǔ gǔ bù fēn | never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite |
| 大五码 | dà wǔ mǎ | Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984) |
| 大五趾跳鼠 | dà wǔ zhǐ tiào shǔ | great jerboa (Allactaga major) |
| 学富五车 | xué fù wǔ chē | of great erudition and scholarship (idiom) |
| 山本五十六 | Shān běn Wǔ shí liù | YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral |
张三，
李四，
王五，
赵六 | Zhāng sān ,
Lǐ sì ,
Wáng wǔ ,
Zhào liù | four proverbial names; Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 戊五醇 | wù wǔ chún | xylitol; also written 木糖醇 |
| 摩西五经 | Mó xī wǔ jīng | the Pentateuch; the five books of Moses in the Old Testament |
| 新五代史 | Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ | Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song dynasty, 74 scrolls |
| 日月五星 | rì yuè wǔ xīng | sun, moon and the five visible planets |
| 星期五 | xīng qī wǔ | Friday |
| 春秋五霸 | chūn qiū wǔ bà | the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 楚庄王 or King Helu of Wu 吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾践 |
| 本周五 | běn zhōu wǔ | this Friday |
| 正五边形 | zhèng wǔ biān xíng | regular pentagon |
| 王五 | Wáng Wǔ | Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry |
| 王老五 | wáng lǎo wǔ | lit. fifth child of the Wangs; bachelor |
| 现代五项 | xiàn dài wǔ xiàng | modern pentathlon |
| 毕宿五 | bì xiù wǔ | Aldebaran or Alpha Tauri |
