茶樓

See also: 茶楼

Chinese

		tea; tea plant	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (茶樓)		茶	樓
simp. (茶楼)		茶	楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chálóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chálóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chálóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-lou²
    • Yale: chá-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charlou
    • Palladius: чалоу (čalou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: chàh làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Noun

茶樓

1. teahouse (with two or more stories)
2. (chiefly Cantonese) dim sum restaurant

Synonyms

• (teahouse):

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• 紅茶坊／红茶坊 (⁶ghon-zo-faon) (Shanghainese)
• 茶亭 (chátíng) (tea booth)
• 茶吧 (chábā)
• 茶坊 (cháfáng)
• 茶室 (cháshì)
• 茶寮 (cháliáo) (literary or regional)
• 茶居 (caa⁴ geoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 茶店仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 茶座 (cházuò)
• 茶社 (cháshè) (chiefly used in names of establishments)
• 茶肆 (chásì) (literary)
• 茶館／茶馆 (cháguǎn)

 

• (dim sum restaurant): 酒樓／酒楼 (zau² lau⁴), 酒家 (zau² gaa¹)