楼撑

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
楼	撑

Noun

楼撑

1. Nôm form of lầu xanh (“(history, literary) a brothel”).
   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 809:

     楼(lầu)撑(xanh)固(có)媒(mụ)秀(Tú)⿱𣲩女(bà)

     Inside the brothel was an old lady named Tú bà