ngũ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngu"

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伍.

Noun

ngũ

(historical) a squad of five soldiers
(historical, figurative) the military

Derived terms

đào ngũ (to desert)
đội ngũ (corps)
giải ngũ (to be demobilized)
nhập ngũ (to enlist)

Etymology 2

Romanization

ngũ

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 五

Derived terms

bột ngũ vị hương (“five-spice powder”)
ngũ âm (五音, “five notes of the pentatonic scale”)
ngũ cốc (五穀, “cereal”)
ngũ cung (五官, “pentatonic”)
Ngũ Đại Thập Quốc (五代十國)
Ngũ Giác Đài (“The Pentagon”)
ngũ giới (五戒, “Five Precepts”)
ngũ hành (五行, “Five Phases”)
Ngũ kinh (五經)
ngũ luân (五倫)
ngũ ngôn tuyệt cú (五言絕句, “pentasyllabic quatrain”)
ngũ ngôn tứ tuyệt (五言四絕, “pentasyllabic quatrain”)
ngũ ngôn (五言)
ngũ phúc (五福)
ngũ quả (五果)
ngũ quan (五官, “five senses”)
ngũ sắc (五色, “five elemental colors”)
ngũ tạng (五臟)
ngũ uẩn (五蘊)
ngũ vị hương (五味香)
Ngũ Vị Tôn Quan (五位尊官)
ngũ vị (五味)
trùng ngũ (重五)

See also

năm (“five”)

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