騎樓

See also: 骑楼

Chinese

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (騎樓)		騎	樓
simp. (骑楼)		骑	楼

騎樓。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qílóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ lau^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-lèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-liô / khî-lâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lou²
    • Yale: chí-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyilou
    • Palladius: цилоу (cilou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qílóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cílóur
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-lou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chí-lóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiloul
    • Palladius: цилоур (cilour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴ lau^4-2
    • Yale: kèh láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-lèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ leu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² leu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ leu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-liô
    • Tâi-lô: kî-liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiliooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² lio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khî-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: khî-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qilaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi¹³⁻²² lau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²⁴⁻²² lau²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 騎樓

1. (architecture) qilou (a style of architecture commonly found in southern China and Taiwan, where the first floor is composed of commercial shops with the street-facing part turned into a veranda for pedestrians, and the second floor and above are used as living spaces)
2. balcony; terrace; patio

See also

• 唐樓／唐楼 (tánglóu)
• (Min Nan) 亭仔跤, 店亭仔, 五跤氣／五跤气, 涼亭仔跤／凉亭仔跤