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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-lâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēilóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄌㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weilóu
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-lou²
  - Yale: wēi-lóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueilou
  - Palladius: вэйлоу (vɛjlou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéilóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéilóu
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-lou²
  - Yale: wéi-lóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weilou
  - Palladius: вэйлоу (vɛjlou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ lau⁴
  - Yale: ngàih làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-lâu
  - Tâi-lô: guî-lâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guilaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² lau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡui²⁴⁻¹¹ lau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui²³⁻³³ lau²³/

Noun

危樓

(literary) tall building
dilapidated building; dangerous building at risk of collapse

Synonyms

(tall building):

樓仔 / 楼仔 (Min Nan)
樓宇 / 楼宇 (lóuyǔ)
樓房 / 楼房 (lóufáng)
樓臺 / 楼台 (lóutái)
樓閣 / 楼阁 (lóugé)
重樓 / 重楼 (chónglóu)
高樓 / 高楼 (gāolóu)

(dilapidated building): 危房 (wēifáng)