五常

Chinese

		five	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (五常)		五	常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ soeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-siông / gó͘-siông / ngó͘-siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔcháng
    • 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:

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• 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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 五常

1. (Confucianism) the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (五常):

• → Japanese: 五常(ごじょう) (gojō)
• → Korean: 오상(五常) (osang)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 五常

1. (～市) Wuchang (a county-level city in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
2. (～鎮) Wuchang (a town in Wuchang City, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
3. (～街道) Wuchang (a subdistrict of Yuhang district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	常
ご Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

五(ご)常(じょう) • (gojō) 

1. (Confucianism) the five cardinal Confucian virtues: (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)