岳阳楼 in English Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
  • one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Simplified Characters

岳 阳 楼

Traditional Characters

岳 陽 樓

Pinyin

Yue4 yang2 Lou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

岳yue4surname Yue 阳yang2positive (electric.) 楼lou2surname Lou