Word Meaning 五倍

ごばい gobai

五倍 is read as ごばい (gobai) and means five times (as much).

Meaning

English

five times (as much)
quintuple
fivefold

Reading

Kana

ごばい

Romaji

gobai

Writing Variants

5倍ごばい gobai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 52737 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五倍子

ふし

sumac gallnut

五倍子の木

ふしのき

Chinese sumac (Brucea javanica)

五倍子蜂

ふしばち

gall wasp (any insect of family Cynipidae)

木五倍子

きぶし

early stachyurus (Stachyurus praecox)

夜叉五倍子

やしゃぶし

Alnus firma (species of alder)

五輪

ごりん

Olympic rings

五線

ごせん

staff

五無間業

ごむけんごう

five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)

五大州

ごだいしゅう

the five continents

五十日の祝

いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

五族協和

ごぞくきょうわ

five races under one union (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans; founding principle of the Republic of China)

五輪大会

ごりんたいかい

Olympic Games

Example Sentences

五の五倍は二十五。

Five times five is twenty-five.

東京の人口は、私たちの市の約五倍です。

The population of Tokyo is about five times as large as that of our city.