墮樓

墮樓

Chinese

		degenerate; fall	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (墮樓)		墮	樓
simp. (堕楼)		堕	楼

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do⁶ lau^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: do⁶ lau^4-2
    • Yale: doh láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do⁶ lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: do⁶ leo²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔː²² lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

墮樓

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic) to commit suicide by jumping from a building; to jump to one's death

Synonyms

• 跳樓／跳楼 (tiàolóu)