黃鶴樓

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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

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黃鶴樓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
黃鶴樓 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huánghèlóu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hok⁶ lau⁴

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/

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

Yellow Crane Tower
- 故人西辭黃鶴樓，煙花三月下揚州。
  故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。
  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.
  You have left me behind, old friend, at the Yellow Crane Terrace,
  On your way to visit Yangzhou in the misty month of flowers.
(～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】

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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
黃	鶴	樓

Proper noun

黃鶴樓

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

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