伍

Wǔ

Meanings

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Wǔ

1.surname Wu

wǔ

1.squad of five soldiers
2.to associate with
3.five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

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Wiktionary

1.troop of five soldiers
2.military
3.ally; company
4.a surname, Wu, Woo, Ng, or Eng
5.Kunqu gongche notation for the note high la (6̇).

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋaːʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ). Also ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意).

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Stroke order

Components

伍亻五

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Example sentences

十支隊伍競逐獎項。
Ten teams competed for the prize.
你們的隊伍比我們的強。
Your team is stronger than ours.
我們的隊伍輸了所有的比賽。
Our team lost all of its games.

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Synonyms

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Related words

队伍 ranks 退伍 to be discharged from military service 入伍 to enter the army 布伍 to deploy troops 为伍 to associate with 伍奢 Wu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wǔ Zǐ xū], official of the state of Chu, executed after being falsely accused by King Ping of Chu 配伍 to blend two or more medicines 布伍 to deploy troops 落伍 to fall behind the ranks 入伍生 newly enlisted officer student 伍家岗 see 伍家岗区[Wǔ jiā gǎng Qū]伍子胥 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.