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樓船 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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

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 ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/

Middle Chinese: luw zywen

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.