"five rings" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
五环五環	wǔ huán	five rings / pentacyclic (chemistry)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
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]
吊环吊環	diào huán	rings (gymnastics)
红星紅星	hóng xīng	red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
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
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
五香	wǔ xiāng	five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
托尔金托爾金	tuō ěr jīn	J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
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
魔戒	mó jiè	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金\|托尔金[Tuo1 er3 jin1]
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
枚	méi	classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個\|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy	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
侯	hóu	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / nobleman / high official	syn
五百万五百萬	wǔ bǎi wàn	five million
伍	wǔ	squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	syn
五星	wǔ xīng	the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
兀	wù	cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461	syn
五脏六腑五臟六腑	wǔ zàng liù fǔ	five viscera and six bowels (TCM)	syn
甸	diàn	suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
尧堯	yáo	surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳\|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
后梁後梁	hòu liáng	Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
唐书唐書	táng shū	same as 舊唐書\|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], 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
黑五类黑五類	hēi wǔ lèi	the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
五大湖	wǔ dà hú	Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
五刑	wǔ xíng	imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮\|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
五伦五倫	wǔ lún	the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)	syn
车裂車裂	chē liè	to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment)	syn
王永民	wáng yǒng mín	Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法\|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
五代史	wǔ dài shǐ	History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
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[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修\|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls

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