Chinese Word of the Day

五十六
wǔ shí liù

fifty-six

Definitions

Chinese > English
五十六	wǔshíliù
1. num. fifty-six; 56
Components
五十	wǔshí
1. num. fifty; 50
十六	shíliù
1. num. sixteen; 16
五	wǔ
1. five
2. . Wu (mainland China, Taiwan), Ng (Hong Kong)
3. (printing) The size of type between 小五 (little 5) and 小四 (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.
4. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6).
5. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6).
十	shí
1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
十分 - very
十全十美 - perfect
六	liù, lù
1. six
六城 - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan)
2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point.
3. (dialectal) proficient
4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
5. . (pronounced Lù)
6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China)
7. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).
8. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).