| 戊 | [ wù ] fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], fifth in order, letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, penta |
| 戊五醇 | [ wù wǔ chún ] xylitol, also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2] |
| 戊午 | [ wù wǔ ] fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 |
| 戊唑醇 | [ wù zuò chún ] tebuconazole (antifungal agent) |
| 戊型肝炎 | [ wù xíng gān yán ] hepatitis E |
| 戊子 | [ wù zǐ ] twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
| 戊寅 | [ wù yín ] fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 |
| 戊巴比妥鈉 | [ wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà ] pentasorbital sodium (a sedative) |
| 戊戌 | [ wù xū ] thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 |
| 戊戌六君子 | [ wù xū liù jūn zǐ ] the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4] |
| 戊戌政變 | [ wù xū zhèng biàn ] coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌維新 | [ wù xū weí xīn ] Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌變法 | [ wù xū biàn fǎ ] Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊申 | [ wù shēn ] forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028 |
| 戊糖 | [ wù táng ] pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2] |
| 戊辰 | [ wù chén ] fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 |
| 戊醇 | [ wù chún ] amyl alcohol |
| ⇒ 亞硝酸異戊酯 | [ yà suān yì wù zhǐ ] amyl nitrite |
| ⇒ 環戊烯 | [ huán wù xī ] cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms) |
| ⇒ 異戊二烯 | [ yì wù èr xī ] isoprene |
| ⇒ 異戊巴比妥 | [ yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ ] amobarbital (drug) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 異戊橡膠 | [ yì wù xiàng ] isoprene rubber |
