Cantonese Dictionary

五峰土家族自治縣

ng5 fung1 tou2 gaa1 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: wu3 feng1 tu3 jia1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Wufeng Tujiazu autonomous county (county in Hubei)

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五峰鄉

ng5 fung1 hoeng1

Mandarin: wu3 feng1 xiang1

Wufeng (village in Taiwan)

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五嶺

ng5 ling5

Mandarin: wu3 ling3

Five Ridges

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五嶽

ng5 ngok6

Mandarin: wu3 yue4

Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists: Mount Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mount Hua 華山 in Shaanxi, Mount Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mount Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mount Song 嵩山 in Henan

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五常

ng5 soeng4

Mandarin: wu3 chang2

Wuchang (city in Heilongjiang)

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五年

ng5 nin4

Mandarin: wu3 nian2

Five years

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五年計劃

ng5 nin4 gai3 waak6

Mandarin: wu3 nian2 ji4 hua4

Five-Year Plan

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五形

ng5 jing4

Mandarin: wu3 xing2

Wuxing (lit., "Five Animals") form of martial art

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五彩繽紛

ng5 coi2 ban1 fan1

Mandarin: wu3 cai3 bin1 fen1

colorful; colourful

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五成熟

ng5 sing4 suk6

Mandarin: wu3 cheng2shu2

medium (for a steak) [written and colloquial]

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五折

ng5 zit3

50% discount

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五指

ng5 zi2

Mandarin: wu3 zhi3

Five fingers

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五指山

ng5 zi2 saan1

Wuzhishan, the highest mountain in Hainan

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五指茄

ng5 zi2 ke4*2

Mandarin: wu3 zhi3 qie2

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

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五日

ng5 jat6

Mandarin: Wu3 ri4

five days; fifth [date]

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五旬節

ng5 ceon4 zit3

Mandarin: wu3 xun2 jie2

Pentecost

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五星酒店

ng5 sing1 zau2 dim3

five star hotel

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五時三刻

ng5 si4 saam1 hak1

Mandarin: wu3 shi2 san1 ke4

at any time

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五時花六時變

ng5 si4 faa1 luk6 si4 bin3

Mandarin: wu3 shi2 hua1 liu4 shi2 bian4

Simplified: 五时花六时变

indecisive (slang)

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五更

ng5 gaang1

Mandarin: wu3 geng1

the five watches (period) of the night; the fifth watch of the night; just before dawn

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五月

ng5 jyut6

Mandarin: wu3 yue4

[1] May; [2] Fifth month of the Lunar Calendar

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五月天

ng5 jyut6 tin1

Mandarin: wu3 yue4 tian1

[1] May days [2] Mayday, a Taiwanese rock band

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五月節

ng5 jyut6 zit3

Dragon Boat Festival

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五月茶

ng5 jyut6 caa4

Mandarin: wu3 yue4 cha2

Antidesma bunium, a species of fruit tree

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五服

ng5 fuk6

Mandarin: wu3 fu2

the five classifications of mourning attire used across East Asia

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五枝旗杆

ng5 zi1 kei4 gon1

Mandarin: wu3 zhi1 qi2 gan1

Five Flagpoles, is a famous meeting point in Tsim Sha Tsui during 80s and 90s

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五柳魚

ng5 lau5 jyu4

Mandarin: wu3 liu3 yu2

Simplified: 五柳鱼

a fish dish in Chinese cooking, which it is categorized as Sichuan or Hangzhou cuisine

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五桶櫃

ng5 tung2 gwai6

Mandarin: wu3 tong3 gui4

Simplified: 五桶柜

a drawer with five cabinets

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五毛黨

ng5 mou4 dong2

Mandarin: wu3 mao2 dang3

fifty cents party (persons supposed to relay government propaganda on Internet sites)

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五河

ng5 ho4

Mandarin: Wu3 he2

[n] Wuhe (place in Anhui)

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