黃鶴樓

Chinese

		yellow	crane	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (黃鶴樓)		黃	鶴	樓
simp. (黄鹤楼)		黄	鹤	楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huánghèlóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hok⁶ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huánghèlóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huánghèlóu
    • Wade–Giles: Huang²-ho⁴-lou²
    • Yale: Hwáng-hè-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwanghehlou
    • Palladius: Хуанхэлоу (Xuanxɛlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xɤ⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ hok⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: wòhng hohk làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ hok⁹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ hog⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ hɔːk̚² lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang hak luw

Rime
Character	黃	鶴	樓
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	鐸 (103)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	胡光切	下各切	落侯切
Baxter	hwang	hak	luw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦɑk̚/	/ləu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦɑk̚/	/ləu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣɑk̚/	/ləu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦak̚/	/ləw/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣɑk̚/	/lu/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣɑk̚/	/ləu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣɑk̚/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	hé	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	hok6	lau4

Proper noun

黃鶴樓

1. Yellow Crane Tower

   • 故人西辭黃鶴樓，煙花三月下揚州。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 730, 李白 (Li Bai), 黃鶴樓送孟浩然之廣陵 (A Farewell to Meng Haoran on his Way to Yangzhou)

     Gùrén xī cí Huánghèlóu, yānhuā sānyuè xià Yángzhōu. [Pinyin]

     You have left me behind, old friend, at the Yellow Crane Terrace,
     On your way to visit Yangzhou in the misty month of flowers.

2. (～街道) Huanghelou (a subdistrict of Wuchang district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (黃鶴樓):

• → Japanese: 黄鶴楼(こうかくろう) (Kōkakurō)
• → Korean: 황학루(黃鶴樓) (Hwanghangnu)
• → Vietnamese: Hoàng Hạc Lâu (黃鶴樓)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黃	鶴	樓
こう Jinmeiyō	かく Grade: S	ろう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 黃鶴樓 – see the following entry.

【黄鶴楼こうかくろう】 [proper noun] Yellow Crane Tower

(This term, 黃鶴樓, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
黃	鶴	樓

Proper noun

黃鶴樓 • (Hwanghangnu) (hangeul 황학루)

1. hanja form^? of 황학루 (“Yellow Crane Tower”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
黃	鶴	樓

Proper noun

黃鶴樓

1. chữ Hán form of Hoàng Hạc Lâu (“Yellow Crane Tower”).