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牌樓

简牌楼 · 繁牌樓

Mandarin · pinyin pái lou

decorated archway

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牌: pái · signboard, placard
樓: Look up this written character
楼: lóu · building of two or more stories

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2–5 · pai2 lou5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

paai4 lau4

Cantonese word readings for 牌樓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(architecture) pailou (traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure)

name

(～鎮) Pailou (a town in Dongbao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

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