| 五七一代 | wǔ qī yī dài | generation of 1957; refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 |
| 五七干校 | wǔ qī gàn xiào | May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. for 五七干部学校 |
| 五七干部学校 | wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào | May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution); abbr. 五七干校 |
| 五世 | wǔ shì | the fifth (of series of numbered kings) |
| 五五 | wǔ wǔ | 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc) |
| 五人墓碑记 | wǔ rén mù bēi jì | Five tombstone inscriptions (1628), written by Zhang Pu 张溥 |
| 五代史 | Wǔ dài shǐ | History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls |
| 五倍子树 | wǔ bèi zi shù | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) |
| 五伦 | wǔ lún | the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) |
| 五分之一 | wǔ fēn zhī yī | one fifth |
| 五分熟 | wǔ fēn shú | cooked five minutes; medium (of steak) |
| 五分美金 | wǔ fēn Měi jīn | nickel; five US cents |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五十步笑百步 | wu shí bù xiào bǎi bù | the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps; the pot calls the kettle black |
| 五十铃 | Wǔ shí líng | Isuzu |
| 五千吨 | wǔ qiān dūn | 5000 tons |
| 五卅 | wǔ sà | abbr. for 五卅运动, The May Thirtieth Movement (1925) |
| 五卅运动 | wǔ sà yùn dòng | anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc |
| 五原 | Wǔ yuán | Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia |
| 五原县 | Wǔ yuán xiàn | Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔, Inner Mongolia |
| 五口通商 | wǔ kǒu tōng shāng | the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 厦门 and Shanghai 上海 |
| 五味俱全 | wǔ wèi jū quán | a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun |
| 五四 | wǔ sì | fourth of May, cf 五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五四爱国运动 | wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng | May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五大名山 | Wǔ dà míng shān | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan |
| 五大洲 | wǔ dà zhōu | five continents; the whole world |
| 五大湖 | Wǔ dà hú | Great Lakes; the five north American Great Lakes |
| 五大连池 | Wǔ dà lián chí | Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang |
| 五大连池市 | Wǔ dà lián chí shì | Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe 黑河, Heilongjiang |
| 五天 | wǔ tiān | five days |
| 五子棋 | wǔ zǐ qí | five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang |
| 五官 | wǔ guān | five sense organs of traditional Chinese medicine (nose eyes lips tongue ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features |
| 五家渠 | Wǔ jiā qú | Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang |
| 五家渠市 | Wǔ jiā qú shì | Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang |
| 五寨 | Wǔ zhài | Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 五寨县 | Wǔ zhài xiàn | Wuzhai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi |
| 五峰 | Wǔ fēng | abbr. for + 五峰土家族自治县, Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei; Wufeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹县, northwest Taiwan |
| 五峰土家族自治县 | Wǔ fēng tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei |
| 五峰县 | Wǔ fēng xiàn | abbr. for + 五峰土家族自治县, Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county in Hubei |
| 五峰乡 | Wǔ fēng xiāng | Wufeng township in Hsinchu county 新竹县, northwest Taiwan |
| 五岳 | Wǔ yuè | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan |
| 五帝 | wǔ dì | Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 颛顼, Di Ku 帝喾, Tang Yao 唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜 |
| 五常市 | Wǔ cháng shì | Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 五度 | wǔ dù | five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) |
| 五形 | wǔ xíng | Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art |
| 五彩宾纷 | wǔ cǎi bīn fēn | colorful |
| 五指山市 | Wǔ zhǐ shān shì | Wuzhishan City, Hainan |
| 五斗米道 | Wǔ dǒu mǐ Dào | Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement); Way of the Celestial Master |
| 五旬节 | wǔ xún jié | Pentecost |
| 五星级 | wǔ xīng jí | five-star (hotel) |
