伍 wǔ — the formal capital form of five
伍
Level 1 · Common HSK 5 #459
wǔ wu3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (会意。从人，从五。五人为伍。本义:五人构成一个集体)
- five persons
- five soldiers e.g 伍伯 · 伍什 · 伍老 · 伍壮 · 伍部 · 伍乘
- five families
- five
- army
- companion
- pair
- 姓。如:伍相(春秋吴国大夫伍子胥);伍相国市上复吹箫(比喻英雄落魄，乞食街头)
verb
- crisscross
Related words
- 队伍 troops; army; ranks; contingent; team; procession; line; forces; staff; party
- 入伍 to enlist; to join the army
- 退伍 to be discharged from service
- 落伍 to fall behind; outdated
- 为伍 to associate with
- 行伍 military ranks; military service (in the old army)
- 配伍 (of drugs) to be combined; compatibility
- 伍元 five yuan (formal capital form)
- 伍角 five jiao (formal capital form)
- 羞与为伍 ashamed to be associated with