永樂

See also: 永乐

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (永樂)		永	樂
simp. (永乐)		永	乐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒnglè

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ lok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Éng-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒnglè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒnglè
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-lê⁴
    • Yale: Yǔng-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongleh
    • Palladius: Юнлэ (Junlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ lok⁶
    • Yale: wíhng lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ lɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: Íng-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efnglok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴/

Proper noun

永樂

1. (～帝) (historical) the Yongle Emperor (the third emperor of the Ming dynasty)
2. (historical) the Yongle era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1403 to 1424)
3. (～宮) Yongle Palace (built in Shanxi province during the Yuan dynasty)
4. (～宮) Alternative name for 長樂宮／长乐宫 (Chánglègōng, “Changle Palace, the Chang'an home of the empress dowager during the Han dynasty”).

   • 永樂太后暴崩，眾論惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     永乐太后暴崩，众论惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Yǒnglè tàihòu bàobēng, zhònglùn huò yān [Pinyin]

     After the empress dowager of Yongle (palace) suddenly died, people talked about it with suspicion

5. (～鎮) Yongle (name of various towns in China)
   1. (～鎮) Yongle (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)