name
Meaning 1
A district of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wuxing
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wo͞o′shĭng′
noun
Meaning 2
the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- , Five transformations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Five Phases, Five Elements, Five Fists, Five Powers
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳興 /吴兴.
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 五行 (wǔxíng).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 吳興 /吴兴 — district
- Chinese Mandarin: 吳興 /吴兴 — district
- Chinese Cantonese: 五行 — Wuxing
- Eastern Min Chinese: 五行 (ngū-hèng) — Wuxing
- Hakka Chinese: 五行 (ńg-hàng) — Wuxing
- Chinese: 五行 (ngó͘-hêng) — Wuxing
- Chinese Mandarin: 五行 (wǔxíng) — Wuxing
- Teochew: 五行 (ngou6 hêng5) — Wuxing
- Wu Chinese: 五行 (5u-yin) — Wuxing
- Japanese: 五行 (gogyō) — Wuxing
- Korean: 오행 (ohaeng) — Wuxing
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᠵᠠ ᡶᡝᡨᡝᠨ (suja feten) — Wuxing
- Vietnamese: ngũ hành — Wuxing