DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

滕王閣

简滕王阁 · 繁滕王閣

Mandarin · pinyin Téng wáng Gé

Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓 Yuè yáng Lóu in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓 Huáng hè Lóu in Wuhan, Hubei

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

滕: téng · an ancient state in Shandong province; water bursting forth
王: wáng · king, ruler; royal; surname
閣: Look up this written character
阁: gé · chamber, pavilion; cabinet

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–2 · Teng2 wang2 Ge2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links3source references

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

滕王閣 · find source passages ↗ · 滕王阁 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tang4 wong4 gok3

Cantonese word readings for 滕王閣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

Pavilion of Prince Teng

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack