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五

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ

five
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五: wǔ · five; surname

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3 · wu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ng5

Cantonese word readings for 五. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

five
a surname, Wu (Mainland China, Taiwan) and Ng (Hong Kong)
(printing) The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ) (little 5) and 小四 (xiǎosì) (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.

character · Etymology 2

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6).
(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6).

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