騎樓

See also: 骑楼

Chinese

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (騎樓)		騎	樓
simp. (骑楼)		骑	楼

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 騎樓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 騎樓 (Cantonese)
• Qilou (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qílóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ lau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-lèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khî-lâu / kî-liô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lou²
    • Yale: chí-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyilou
    • Palladius: цилоу (cilou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílóur
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chí-lóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiloul
    • Palladius: цилоур (cilour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴ lau^4-2
    • Yale: kèh láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-lèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ leu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² leu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ leu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: khî-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qilaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi¹³⁻²² lau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-liô
    • Tâi-lô: kî-liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiliooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² lio²⁴/

Noun

騎樓

1. (architecture) qilou (a style of architecture commonly found in southern China and Taiwan, where the first floor is composed of commercial shops with the street-facing part turned into a veranda for pedestrians, and the second floor and above are used as living spaces)
2. balcony; terrace; patio

See also

• 唐樓／唐楼 (tánglóu)
• (Hokkien) 亭仔跤, 店亭仔, 五跤氣／五跤气, 涼亭仔跤／凉亭仔跤