危樓

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (危樓)		危	樓
simp. (危楼)		危	楼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēilóu, wéilóu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄌㄡˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): gûi-lâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēilóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄌㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueilou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weilóu
  - IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéilóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weilou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéilóu
  - IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ lau⁴
  - Yale: ngàih làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ leo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: guî-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guilaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gui²⁴⁻²² laʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gui²⁴⁻²² laʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui¹³⁻²² laʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gui²⁴⁻¹¹ laʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui²³⁻³³ laʊ²³/

Noun

危樓

(literary) tall building
dilapidated building

Synonyms

(tall building): 重樓／重楼 (chónglóu), 高樓／高楼 (gāolóu), 樓閣／楼阁 (lóugé), 樓臺／楼台 (lóutái)
(dilapidated building): 危房 (wēifáng)

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