Five Hegemons
In ancient Chinese, “霸” (Old Chinese: prāk-s; Pinyin: "bà") "" has similar meaning and pronunciation as “伯” (Old Chinese: prāk; Pinyin: "bó"), which means "the eldest son in a family", or "senator". Both "五霸" and "五伯" can be translated as the "Five Hegemons". "五" ("wu") literally means five, but in the context of ancient Chinese also has a more generally qualitative and less precisely quantitative use, implying completeness.