勾欄

Chinese

		affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel affair; to reach for (with hand); to cancel; to delineate; hook	fence; railing; hurdle fence; railing; hurdle; column; box (as on a document)
trad. (勾欄)		勾	欄
simp. (勾栏)		勾	栏
alternative forms		勾闌／勾阑 構欄／构栏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōulán

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ laan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōulán
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: goulán
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-lan²
    • Yale: gōu-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goulan
    • Palladius: гоулань (goulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: ngāu làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

Noun

勾欄

1. (archaic) theater (in the Song and Yuan dynasties)
2. (archaic) brothel
3. (archaic) railing; carved balustrade

Synonyms

• (brothel):

• 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
• 半開門／半开门 (⁵poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
• 嚮導社／向导社 (⁵shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
• 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
• 妓院 (jìyuàn)
• 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
• 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
• 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
• 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
• 書寓／书寓 (¹sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
• 煙花間／烟花间 (¹i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
• 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
• 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
• 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)