白玉楼

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 白玉楼 – see 白玉樓 (“a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 白玉樓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	玉	楼
はく Grade: 1	ぎょく Grade: 1	ろう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
白玉樓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial palace had been built and he was summoned to record it.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくぎょく​ろー [hàkúgyókúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ː]

Noun

白(はく)玉(ぎょく)楼(ろう) • (hakugyokurō) 

1. a celestial palace where literati go after death

Derived terms

• 白(はく)玉(ぎょく)楼(ろう)中(ちゅう)の人(ひと)となる (hakugyokurōchū no hito to naru, “(for a writer, poet, etc.) to die”)