勾欄

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)⁺
    • 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):

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Synonyms of 勾欄

妓院 (jìyuàn) 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated) 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative) 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete) 半開門／半开门 (Wu, dated) 嚮導社／向导社 (Wu, dated) 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)

妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary) 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary) 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén) 書寓／书寓 (Wu, dated) 煙花間／烟花间 (Wu, dated) 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial) 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)