Short-Term Investments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018	May 31, 2017
Short-term Investments [Abstract]
Held-to-maturity investments for OTTI recognized	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Amount, before tax, of other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity), recognized in earnings.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 8A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118954083&loc=SL6284422-111562

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