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 dì wǔ fifth
 wǔ hào the fifth / fifth day of a month
 wǔ shì the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
 wǔ dù five degrees / fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
 wǔ yīn dù fifth (musical interval)
 Wǔ yuè May / fifth month (of the lunar year)
 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet)
 dì wǔ dài fifth generation
 Huā Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
 Jìn shū History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls
 Xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
 Wèi Liú chéng Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
 wù fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
 dì wǔ zòng duì fifth column (subversive group)
 Mén luó Monroe (name) / James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth US president
 wǔ fēn zhī yī one fifth
 Shēn mìng jì Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses
 wáng lǎo wǔ lit. fifth child of the Wangs / bachelor
 Yà sā Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism)
 Zhōu Mù wáng King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
 Táng Shāng dì Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Li3 Chong2 mao4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
 píng xíng gōng shè the parallel postulate (geometry) / Euclid's fifth postulate
 Míng Xuān zōng temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2]
 Zhū Zhān jī Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2]
 Lǐ Chóng mào Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710
 dì wǔ gè xiàn dài huà fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4]
 biàn zhǐ zhī shēng modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
  Fifth Assessment Report
 dì wǔ háng quán fifth freedom traffic rights / fifth freedom rights
  Mid-term Review of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education
  Fifth Dimension Program
  fifth special session of the General Assembly
  Fifth Committee / Administrative and Budgetary Committee
  fifth emergency special session of the General Assembly
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