Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wǔ
- Wǔ
English
- five, company of five
- surname Wu
- squad of five soldiers
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Ng"
- Five. This is a "banker's anti-fraud" numeral, the common written form is 「五」. See also 大寫數字.
- troops
- to associate with
- five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- the smallest military unit; literally: 5-man ----
- metaphor for the military
- team; company
粵語
- 姓
- 「五」嘅大寫；見大寫數字
- 軍隊嘅最小單位
- 借指軍隊
- 同隊、同伙
Variants
Words containing 伍
- 退伍teoi3 ng5
to be discharged from military service
- 隊伍deoi6 ng5
troops; army
- 入伍jap6 ng5
to enter the army
- 為伍wai4 ng5
to associate with
- 落伍lok6 ng5
to fall behind the ranks
- 伍奢ng5 ce1
Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu
- 入伍生jap6 ng5 sang1
newly enlisted officer student
- 清理隊伍cing1 lei5 deoi6 ng5
to purge the ranks
- 行伍hong4 ng5
rank; the ranks; the troops
- 布伍bou3 ng5
to deploy troops
- 配伍pui3 ng5
to blend two or more medicines
- 佈伍bou3 ng5
to deploy troops
- 退伍軍人teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4
veteran
- 退伍軍人病teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 beng6
Legionnaires' disease
- 退伍軍人節teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 zit3
Veterans' Day
- 退伍軍人症teoi3 ng5 gwan1 jan4 zing3
Legionnaires' disease
- 劉伍英lau4 ng5 jing1
- 伍家崗ng5 gaa1 gong1
see 伍家崗區|伍家岗区[Wu3 jia1 gang3 Qu1]
- 伍德豪斯ng5 dak1 hou4 si1
Woodhouse or Wodehouse (name)
- 伍廷芳ng5 ting4 fong1
Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer
- 伍子胥ng5 zi2 seoi1
Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
- 老虎伍茲lou5 fu2 ng5 zi1
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer
- 伍斯特醬ng5 si1 dak6 zoeng3
Worcestershire sauce
- 應召入伍jing3 ziu6 jap6 ng5