五常
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Chinese
| five | always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | ||
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| simp. and trad. (五常) |
五 | 常 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ng5 soeng4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-siông / gó͘-siông / ngó͘-siâng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wǔcháng
- Wade–Giles: wu3-chʻang2
- Yale: wǔ-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuucharng
- Palladius: учан (učan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- Homophones:
五常
武場／武场
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ng5 soeng4
- Yale: ńgh sèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng5 soeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: ng5 sêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍¹³ sœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-siông
- Tâi-lô: ngóo-siông
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngofsioong
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-siông
- Tâi-lô: góo-siông
- Phofsit Daibuun: gofsioong
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-siâng
- Tâi-lô: ngóo-siâng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngofsiaang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
五常
- (Confucianism) the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
五常
- (～市) Wuchang (a county-level city in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
- (～鎮) Wuchang (a town in Wuchang City, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
- (～街道) Wuchang (a subdistrict of Yuhang district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
- the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, namely China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 五 | 常 |
| ご Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- (Confucianism) the five cardinal Confucian virtues: (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)