面子 miàn zi (medicinal) powder syn 香料 xiāng liào spice / flavoring / condiment / perfume syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 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 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 火药桶 火藥桶 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg 五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) 粉盒 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 粉扑 粉撲 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics) 剂型 劑型 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 细粉 細粉 xì fěn powder 香囊 xiāng náng spice bag 散粉 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup) 散剂 散劑 sǎn jì powder medicine syn 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 丹 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar syn 香 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 绵白糖 綿白糖 mián bái táng sugar powder 黑火药 hēi huǒ yào black powder 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 泡打粉 pào dǎ fěn baking powder 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 发粉 發粉 fā fěn baking powder syn 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] 