登嘉樓

Chinese

		to go up; to climb; ascend to go up; to climb; ascend; mount; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record	excellent	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (登嘉樓)		登	嘉	樓
simp. (登嘉楼)		登	嘉	楼

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Malay Terengganu, replacing the unsavory connotations of the characters used in 丁加奴 (Dīngjiānú).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dēngjiālóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ gaa¹ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dēngjiālóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dengjialóu
    • Wade–Giles: Têng¹-chia¹-lou²
    • Yale: Dēng-jyā-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dengjialou
    • Palladius: Дэнцзялоу (Dɛnczjalou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ gaa¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: dāng gā làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ gaa¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ ga¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Proper noun

登嘉樓

1. (～州) Terengganu (a state of Malaysia)

Synonyms

• 丁加奴 (Dīngjiānú)