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

五常

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

Derived terms

• 三綱五常／三纲五常 (sāngāngwǔcháng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (五常):

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

Proper noun

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)
4. 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

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑo̞ː]

Noun

五(ご)常(じょう) • (gojō) 

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