青樓

See also: 青楼

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (青樓)		青	樓
simp. (青楼)		青	楼
Literally: “blue-green mansion”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnglóu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lau⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chheng-lâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ lao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinglóu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-lou²
  - Yale: chīng-lóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinglou
  - Palladius: цинлоу (cinlou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ lau⁴
  - Yale: chīng làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenglaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lau²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cên¹ lao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ lâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ lau⁵⁵/

Noun

青樓

(literary) brothel; whorehouse; pleasure quarters

Synonyms

Synonyms of 青樓

妓院 (jìyuàn)
娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
半開門／半开门 (Wu, dated)
嚮導社／向导社 (Wu, dated)

妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
書寓／书寓 (Wu, dated)
煙花間／烟花间 (Wu, dated)
窯子／窑子 (yáozi) (colloquial)

Derived terms

紅粉青樓／红粉青楼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青樓):

→ Japanese: 青楼(せいろう) (seirō)
→ Korean: 청루(靑樓) (cheongnu)
→ Vietnamese: thanh lâu (青樓)

Others

→ Vietnamese: lầu xanh (楼撑, 樓撑) (calque)

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