樓船

Chinese

		house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (樓船)		樓	船
simp. (楼船)		楼	船

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóuchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóuchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóuchuán
  - Wade–Giles: lou²-chʻuan²
  - Yale: lóu-chwán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: louchwan
  - Palladius: лоучуань (loučuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ləu ʑiuᴇn/

Rime
Character	樓	船
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	落侯切	食川切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu/	/ʑiuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu/	/ʑʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu/	/ʑjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw/	/ʑwian/
Li Rong	/lu/	/d͡ʑiuɛn/
Wang Li	/ləu/	/d͡ʑĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/lə̯u/	/d͡ʑʰi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu	shuán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau⁴	syun⁴

Noun

樓船

(archaic or historical, often poetic) tall, large warship; multi-decked vessel
王濬樓船下益州，金陵王氣黯然收。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
王濬楼船下益州，金陵王气黯然收。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Liu Yuxi, 824, Thoughts of Old Time at West Fort Mountain (《西塞山懷古》), translated by Witter Bynner.
Wáng Jùn lóuchuán xià Yìzhōu, Jīnlíng wángqì ànrán shōu. [Pinyin]
Since Wang Jun brought his towering ships down from Yizhou,
The royal ghost has pined in the city of Nanjing.

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