pailoun.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪˈləʊ/, U.S.

/paɪˈloʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pailous.

Forms: 1800s paelou, 1800s pae-low, 1800s– p'ai-lou, 1800s– p'ailou, 1900s– pailoo, 1900s– pai lou, 1900s– pailou, 1900s– pailow.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese páilóu.

Etymology: < Chinese páilóu (Wade-Giles transcription p'ai-lou) < pái tablet, plate + lóu storied building.

In China: an elaborate commemorative or ornamental archway.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > Chinese commemorative or ornamental

pailou1836

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xviii. 321 The emperor occasionally orders a pae-low to be erected at the public expense.

1887 Chinese Times 1 Oct. 785/2 The homes of the dead, with their p'ailou and carved images of lions, sheep, &c.

1913 J. Stuart Thomson China Revolutionized ii. 117 It has been the custom of the French and Germans, when a missionary or an ambassador has been unfortunately assassinated, to compel the Chinese government to erect a stone arch or pailoo.

1923 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 101/2 In front of one of them [sc. temples] stands a white stone pailou, which shines in the sunlight like a flamboyant Stonehenge trilith.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 21/2 The destruction of Peking started in the 1950s, when all the pailous that spanned the main thoroughfares of the old city were eliminated.

1991 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 July 14 Beijing in the past decade has smashed to rubble many pailou and small neighbourhoods that had stood for centuries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pailou
释义	pailoun. Brit. /ˌpʌɪˈləʊ/, U.S. /paɪˈloʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pailous. Forms: 1800s paelou, 1800s pae-low, 1800s– p'ai-lou, 1800s– p'ailou, 1900s– pailoo, 1900s– pai lou, 1900s– pailou, 1900s– pailow. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese páilóu. Etymology: < Chinese páilóu (Wade-Giles transcription p'ai-lou) < pái tablet, plate + lóu storied building. In China: an elaborate commemorative or ornamental archway. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > Chinese commemorative or ornamental pailou1836 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xviii. 321 The emperor occasionally orders a pae-low to be erected at the public expense. 1887 Chinese Times 1 Oct. 785/2 The homes of the dead, with their p'ailou and carved images of lions, sheep, &c. 1913 J. Stuart Thomson China Revolutionized ii. 117 It has been the custom of the French and Germans, when a missionary or an ambassador has been unfortunately assassinated, to compel the Chinese government to erect a stone arch or pailoo. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 101/2 In front of one of them [sc. temples] stands a white stone pailou, which shines in the sunlight like a flamboyant Stonehenge trilith. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 21/2 The destruction of Peking started in the 1950s, when all the pailous that spanned the main thoroughfares of the old city were eliminated. 1991 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 July 14 Beijing in the past decade has smashed to rubble many pailou and small neighbourhoods that had stood for centuries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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