妓樓

Chinese

		prostitute	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (妓樓)		妓	樓
simp. (妓楼)		妓	楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìlóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìlóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìlóu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-lou²
    • Yale: jì-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihlou
    • Palladius: цзилоу (czilou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

妓樓

1. (literary) brothel; whorehouse; pleasure quarters

Synonyms

• 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
• 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
• 半開門／半开门 (⁵poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
• 嚮導社／向导社 (⁵shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
• 妓院 (jìyuàn)
• 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
• 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
• 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
• 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
• 書寓／书寓 (¹sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
• 煙花間／烟花间 (¹i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
• 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
• 窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)
• 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)