五 (ng5) — five; fifth in Cantonese
ngˏ₅五
Mandarin Pinyin: wu3
Meaning of 五
nounfive; fifth
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Example Sentences with 五
佢病到五顏六色
He is seriously ill.
四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！
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!
neiˏ₅你sanˉ¹身gouˉ¹高ziˊ²只jauˏ₅有ngˏ₅五cek˗₃呎gau2,九﹐soengˊ²想japˍ₆入laamˎ₄籃kauˎ₄球deoiˊ²隊man˗₃𠍁seoiˊ²水diˉ¹啲bo3.噃。
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.
毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.
ngoˏ₅我dan˗₃撴canˉ¹嚫go˗₃個baat˗₃八jyutˍ₆月sapˍ₆十ngˏ₅五。
I fell on my bottom.
Words Containing 五
格雷的五十道陰影gaak3 leoi4 dik1 ng5 sap6 dou6 jam1 jing2
Fifty Shades of Grey
五更ng5 gaang1
the five watches (period) of the night; the fifth watch of the night; just before dawn
五嶺ng5 ling5
Five Ridges
五金ng5 gam1
metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
一百五十多年jat1 baak3 ng5 sap6 do1 nin4
more than 150 years
五十七ng5 sap6 cat1
fifty-seven; 57
五萬ng5 maan6
50 thousand
五十年代ng5 sap6 nin4 doi6
in the 50's
女王老五neoi5 wong4 lou5 ng5
a single woman (lit., "female bachelor")
五指ng5 zi2
the five fingers
五金店ng5 gam1 dim3
a metal hardware shop; ironmongery
第十五dai6 sap6 ng5
fifteenth
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