"Permanent Five" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
五常任理事国五常任理事國	wǔ cháng rèn lǐ shì guó	Permanent Five

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
身份	shēn fèn	identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank	syn
长久長久	cháng jiǔ	long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time	syn
永久	yǒng jiǔ	everlasting / perpetual / lasting / forever / permanent	syn
持久	chí jiǔ	lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long	syn
永久性	yǒng jiǔ xìng	permanent	syn
绿卡綠卡	lǜ kǎ	permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
定型	dìng xíng	to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)	syn
常驻常駐	cháng zhù	resident / permanent (representative)
根治	gēn zhì	to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure
常住	cháng zhù	long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
五音	wǔ yīn	five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音\|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
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
固化	gù huà	to solidify / to harden / (fig.) to make permanent / to become fixed	syn
治本	zhì běn	to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標\|治标[zhi4biao1])	syn
常任	cháng rèn	permanent	syn
五香	wǔ xiāng	five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
常设常設	cháng shè	(of an organization etc) standing or permanent	syn
常任理事国常任理事國	cháng rèn lǐ shì guó	permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
永磁	yǒng cí	permanent magnetism
伍	wǔ	squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	syn
在编在編	zài biān	to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff
换牙換牙	huàn yá	to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
常备军常備軍		standing force / standing army / permanent force
记号笔記號筆	jì hao bǐ	(permanent) marker (pen)
五步蛇	wǔ bù shé	Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)	syn
更	gēng	to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)	syn
五	wǔ	five / 5	syn
子	zǐ	son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-	syn
公	gōng	public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)	syn
五百	wǔ bǎi	five hundred
候	hòu	to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days	syn
击掌擊掌	jī zhǎng	to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five	syn
二十五	èr shí wǔ	twenty five
五角星	wǔ jiǎo xīng	five-pointed star / pentagram
五星级五星級	wǔ xīng jí	five-star (hotel)	syn
五金	wǔ jīn	metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫\|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1]	syn
五指	wǔ zhǐ	the five fingers of one's hand
五官	wǔ guān	five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
五彩	wǔ cǎi	five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored	syn
五脏五臟	wǔ zàng	five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎\|肾[shen4]	syn
红星紅星	hóng xīng	red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
六十五	liù shí wǔ	sixty-five
五年计划五年計劃	wǔ nián jì huà	Five-Year Plan
五谷五穀	wǔ gǔ	five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥\|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley	syn
五行	wǔ xíng	five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水	syn
连珠連珠	lián zhū	joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row	syn
嵩山	sōng shān	Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
梭哈	suō hā	five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand")
过五关斩六将過五關斬六將	guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng	lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
华山華山	huà shān	Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
衡山	héng shān	Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽\|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
五子棋	wǔ zǐ qí	five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
五岳五嶽	wǔ yuè	Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山\|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山\|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
鲜味鮮味	xiān wèi	umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)	syn
五笔五筆	wǔ bǐ	abbr. of 五筆字型\|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五天	wǔ tiān	five days
岭南嶺南	lǐng nán	south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
三五	sān wǔ	several / three or five
三更	sān gēng	third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1]	syn
诗经詩經	shī jīng	Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經\|五经[Wu3 jing1]
五星级酒店五星級酒店	wǔ xīng jí jiǔ diàn	five-star hotel
五洲	wǔ zhōu	five continents / the world	syn
海河	hǎi hé	Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
五味	wǔ wèi	the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹\|咸 / all kinds of flavors
全国代表大会全國代表大會	quán guó dài biǎo dà huì	national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
五更	wǔ gēng	fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
恒山恆山	héng shān	Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西\|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
五笔字型五筆字型	wǔ bǐ zì xíng	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
东岳東嶽	dōng yuè	Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
五笔输入法五筆輸入法	wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
勾践勾踐	gōu jiàn	King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
五方	wǔ fāng	the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers	syn
五大洲	wǔ dà zhōu	five continents / the whole world
南唐	nán táng	Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
二更	èr gēng	second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
五经五經	wǔ jīng	the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經\|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記\|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經\|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
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]	syn
五虎将五虎將	wǔ hǔ jiàng	Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽\|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛\|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲\|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超\|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠\|黄忠
惊风驚風	jīng fēng	infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms)
后汉後漢	hòu hàn	Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
四更	sì gēng	fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
颛顼顓頊	zhuān xū	Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
五蕴五蘊	wǔ yùn	the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
齐桓公齊桓公	qí huán gōng	Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
北岳北嶽	běi yuè	Mt Heng 恆山\|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
西岳西嶽	xī yuè	Mt Hua 華山\|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
后周後周	hòu zhōu	Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封\|开封[Kai1 feng1]
中岳中嶽	zhōng yuè	Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
感觉器官感覺器官	gǎn jué qì guān	sense organs / the five senses	syn
和平共处五项原则和平共處五項原則	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
旧唐书舊唐書	jiù táng shū	History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫\|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉\|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
后唐後唐	hòu táng	Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
十六国十六國	shí liù guó	Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國\|五胡十六国
五岭五嶺	wǔ lǐng	the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺\|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺\|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺\|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺\|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺\|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
五霸	wǔ bà	the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
书经書經	shū jīng	the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經\|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經\|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書\|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書\|书[Shu1]
男	nán	(bound form) male / baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]	syn
钟鐘	zhōng	a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點\|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘\|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘\|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc)	syn
伯	bó	father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]	syn

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"Permanent Five" Chinese-English Dictionary

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