| 五味子 |
wǔ wèi zǐ |
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 五味 |
wǔ wèi |
the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 咸 / all kinds of flavors |
| 味 |
wèi |
taste; smell / (fig.) (bound form) flavor; character; atmosphere / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |