岳阳楼 yuè yáng lóu

DEFINITIONS

  1. Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
  2. 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

CHARACTERS

岳 yuè
HSK 6
mountain peak; surname
阳 yáng
HSK 3
'male' principle; light; sun
楼 lóu
HSK 3
building of two or more stories