FIVE  五

The NUMBER which is the successor of FOUR.
Hypernym
  • NUMBERQUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.]
    • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
      • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
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.

  • 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.

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • n : 18
  • vadN : 11
  • vi : 4
  • vtoN : 2
  • vadV : 1
  • n[post-N] : 1
  • v[adV] : 1
  • v(adN) : 1

Attributions by text

  • 孫子 : 8
  • 荀子 : 6
  • 說苑 : 5
  • 管子 : 5
  • 孟子 : 3
  • 韓非子 : 3
  • 春秋左傳 : 2
  • 阮籍集四卷 : 2
  • 孝經 : 1
  • 淮南子 : 1
  • 禮記 : 1
  • 史記 : 1
  • 古列女傳 : 1

Words

五  wǔ OC: ŋaaʔ MC: ŋuo̝ 24 AttributionsWD

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 AttributionsWD

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: srelʔCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNfivedoubleCH

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