半樓仔

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (半樓仔)		半	樓	仔
simp. (半楼仔)		半	楼	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-lâu-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-lâu-á
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-lâu-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarlau'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lau¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lau²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

Noun

半樓仔

1. (Hokkien) garret; loft; attic (placed beneath the ceiling of a room)

Synonyms

• 閣樓／阁楼 (gélóu)
• 樓中樓／楼中楼
• 頂樓／顶楼 (dǐnglóu)
• (Cantonese) 閣仔／阁仔
• (Hokkien) 半樓／半楼, 樓層仔／楼层仔, 樓屑仔／楼屑仔, 樓栱／楼栱, 樓栱／楼栱, 二板仔