彩牌樓

Chinese

		(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize	pailou
trad. (彩牌樓)		彩	牌樓
simp. (彩牌楼)		彩	牌楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎipáilóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄆㄞˊ ㄌㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎipáilóu → cǎipáilou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄆㄞˊ ㄌㄡˊ → ㄘㄞˇ ㄆㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎipáilo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-pʻai²-lou⁵
    • Yale: tsǎi-pái-lou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaepair.lou
    • Palladius: цайпайлоу (cajpajlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/ → /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/

Noun

彩牌樓

1. (architecture) decorated pailou (traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure)