白玉樓

白玉樓

Chinese

		white jade	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (白玉樓)		白玉	樓
simp. (白玉楼)		白玉	楼

Etymology

From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial Báiyùlóu had been built and he was summoned to record it.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiyùlóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˋ ㄌㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiyùlóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄩˋ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiyùlóu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-yü⁴-lou²
    • Yale: bái-yù-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairyuhlou
    • Palladius: байюйлоу (bajjujlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ y⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /bˠæk̚  ŋɨok̚  ləu/

Rime
Character	白	玉	樓
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	疑 (31)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	庚 (113)	鍾 (8)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	I
Fanqie	傍陌切	魚欲切	落侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/ŋɨok̚/	/ləu/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/ŋiok̚/	/ləu/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/ŋiok̚/	/ləu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/ŋuawk̚/	/ləw/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/ŋiok̚/	/lu/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/ŋĭwok̚/	/ləu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	wù	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	juk6	lau4

Noun

白玉樓

1. (figuratively) a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白玉樓):

• → Japanese: 白玉楼(はくぎょくろう) (hakugyokurō)
• → Korean: 백옥루(白玉樓) (baegongnu)