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five; fifth alternate and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking: 伍
Default PoS: ![]() ![]() Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 二 (#7)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 19729 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Apr 2013 06:43 |
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Showing all 12 examples containing 五 ![]() Forty divided by eight equals five. [Lit. forty divide eight equals five. This is okay both for written and spoken Cantonese.] ![]() Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team. ![]() ![]() The abbot has passed away for five years [Sample sentence now uses 方丈 (abbot, head monk) as the subject of the sentence. But the audio still uses 道師 (Taoist priest) which appeared in the older version. As 圓寂 (in the middle of the sentence) is a Buddhist term, I think 方丈 is corre] ![]() I fell on my bottom. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824] ![]() tit for tat, an eye for an eye [Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]] ![]() It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say! [未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.] ![]() The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |