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Chinese
Etymology
From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial Báiyùlóu had been built and he was summoned to record it.
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
白
|
玉
|
樓
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
並 (3)
|
疑 (31)
|
來 (37)
|
| Final (韻)
|
陌 (113)
|
燭 (8)
|
侯 (137)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
II
|
III
|
I
|
| Fanqie
|
傍陌切
|
魚欲切
|
落侯切
|
| Baxter
|
baek
|
ngjowk
|
luw
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/bˠæk̚/
|
/ŋɨok̚/
|
/ləu/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/bᵚak̚/
|
/ŋiok̚/
|
/ləu/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/bak̚/
|
/ŋiok̚/
|
/ləu/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/baɨjk̚/
|
/ŋuawk̚/
|
/ləw/
|
Li
Rong
|
/bɐk̚/
|
/ŋiok̚/
|
/lu/
|
Wang
Li
|
/bɐk̚/
|
/ŋĭwok̚/
|
/ləu/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/bʱɐk̚/
|
/ŋi̯wok̚/
|
/lə̯u/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
bó
|
yù
|
lóu
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
bak6
|
juk6
|
lau4
|
Noun
白玉樓
- (figurative) a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.
Descendants