黄鹤楼 in English Huang2 he4 Lou2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  • favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  • Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'
  • one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi

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Pinyin

Huang2 he4 Lou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

huang2surname Huang or Hwang he4crane lou2surname Lou