樓閣

See also: 楼阁 and 楼閣

Chinese

		house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor	council-chamber; shelf
trad. (樓閣)		樓	閣
simp. (楼阁)		楼	阁
anagram		閣樓／阁楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóugé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu-koh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóugé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóugé
    • Wade–Giles: lou²-ko²
    • Yale: lóu-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: louger
    • Palladius: лоугэ (lougɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ gok³
    • Yale: làuh gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-koh
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lau'koiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²⁴⁻²² koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²⁴⁻²² koʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³⁻²² koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ kɤʔ³²/

Noun

樓閣

1. tower; building; pavilion (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

• 危樓／危楼 (wēilóu) (literary)
• 樓仔／楼仔 (Min Nan)
• 樓宇／楼宇 (lóuyǔ)
• 樓房／楼房 (lóufáng)
• 樓臺／楼台 (lóutái)
• 重樓／重楼 (chónglóu)
• 高樓／高楼 (gāolóu)

 

Derived terms

• 亭臺樓閣／亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)
• 空中樓閣／空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé)