翠花樓

翠花樓

See also: 翠花楼

Chinese

			house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (翠花樓)		翠花	樓
simp. (翠花楼)		翠花	楼
Literally: “green flower building”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cuìhuālóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ faa¹ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cuìhuālóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cuèihualóu
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻui⁴-hua¹-lou²
    • Yale: Tswèi-hwā-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsueyhualou
    • Palladius: Цуйхуалоу (Cujxualou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰweɪ̯⁵¹ xwä⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ faa¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: cheui fā làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ faa¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ fa¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³³ faː⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Proper noun

翠花樓

1. (archaic) a building within the Changle Palace (in Luoyang, during the Eastern Han Dynasty)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 (in Mandarin/English)