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6		ㄨˇ [wu3] .Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  (AC) a unit of five soldiers: 伍長 [wu3zhang3]↓.
(2)  Troops, rank and file: 隊伍 ditto;
行伍出身 was originally in the army;
入伍，退伍 join, retire from military service;
落伍 fail in examinations;
羞與為伍 ashamed to be seen in the same company.
(3)  Used for “spelling out” the number “five” in checks, instead of 五.
Words1.伍長 [wu2zhang3], n., (mil.) (roughly corresponds to) squad leader, now generally called 班長.