Chinese Word Entry
五四| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄨˇ ㄙˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | wǔ sì |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | ng5 sei3 |
| Definition: | fourth of May, cf 五四運動〔五四运动〕, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 五 | five, surname |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄨˇ (wǔ) |
| Cantonese: | ng5 |
| Japanese: | ゴ (go) / いつ (itsu)、 いつ.つ (itsutsu) |
| Korean: | 오 (o) |
| Vietnamese: | ngũ |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 㐅 |
| 四 | four |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙˋ (sì) |
| Cantonese: | sei3, si3 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / よ (yo)、 よ.つ (yotsu)、 よっ.つ (yottsu)、 よん (yon)、 よたび (yotabi) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | tứ |