FIVE    五

The NUMBER which is the successor of FOUR.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for "five" is wǔ 五. 2. Wǔ 伍 is a noun referring to a collection of five units of various kinds, specifically five families in census contexts, and five soldiers in military contexts.
Hypernym
  • NUMBER　QUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.] (anc: 6/0, child: 19)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 18

    1. The description of wu3 伍 is correct here, but the parallel with shi2 什 is misleading.

    • Words (3 items)

    五  wǔ OC: ŋaaʔ MC: ŋuo̝ 28 Attributions

    The standard word for "five" is wǔ 五.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 帝/KING Dì 帝, originally "highest ancestor", is an honorary title for a king of very special distinction.
    • Epithet: 湖/LAKE The current general word for a lake of any shape or kind is hú 湖, but that term does exclude the ocean.
    • Epithet: 穀 / 谷/GRAIN Gǔ 谷/穀 is general term for a food grain; (in some local dialects, it can also refer to foxtail millet (Setaria italica)).
    • Epithet: 藏 / 臟/INNARDS The general term for the five main inner organts is zàng 臟/藏
    • Epithet: 音/TONE

      Syntactic words
    • nset of five
    • nordinalthe fifth item
    • v(adN)the fifth of the contextually determinate itemsDS
    • v[adV]surpass by five timesDS
    • vadNcardinalfive
    • vadVfive times
    • vibe five in number
    • vi{NUM}try a fifth time
    • vtoNstativebe five times the amount of
    伍  wǔ OC: ŋaaʔ MC: ŋuo̝ 14 Attributions

    Wǔ 伍 is a noun referring to a collection of five units of various kinds, specifically five families in census contexts, and five soldiers in military contexts.

      Syntactic words
    • n[post-N]one's military squadron of 5 menDS
    • narmyarmy unit (not necessarily consisting of five persons)
    • nfamilygroup of five families
    蓰  xǐ MC: srjeX OC: srelʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfivedoubleCH