危樓

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (危樓)		危	樓
simp. (危楼)		危	楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēilóu, wéilóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-lâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēilóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weilóu
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-lou²
    • Yale: wēi-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueilou
    • Palladius: вэйлоу (vɛjlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéilóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéilóu
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-lou²
    • Yale: wéi-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weilou
    • Palladius: вэйлоу (vɛjlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: ngàih làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: guî-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guilaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² lau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ lau²³/

Noun

危樓

1. (literary) tall building
2. dilapidated building; dangerous building at risk of collapse

Synonyms

• (tall building):

• 樓仔／楼仔 (Min Nan)
• 樓宇／楼宇 (lóuyǔ)
• 樓房／楼房 (lóufáng)
• 樓臺／楼台 (lóutái)
• 樓閣／楼阁 (lóugé)
• 重樓／重楼 (chónglóu)
• 高樓／高楼 (gāolóu)

 

• (dilapidated building): 危房 (wēifáng)