A pagoda is a tall religious building, often Buddhist, with several floors and a decorated roof at each level, the corners of the roofs often turning up. English speakers usually mean this stacked-tower shape in East or South-East Asia.

A pagoda ispagoda是 a tall religious building, often Buddhist一種高高的宗教建築，通常是佛教的 with several floors and a decorated roof at each level有好幾層樓，每一層都有裝飾過的屋頂 the corners of the roofs often turning up屋頂的邊角常常往上翹 English speakers usually mean說英文的人通常是指 this stacked-tower shape這種一層層疊起來的塔形 in East or South-East Asia在東亞或東南亞的那種

You see pagodas in pictures of temple grounds in China, Japan, Myanmar, and sometimes Taiwan — though many Taiwan temples are a wide hall, not this tower. Though actually, in many of those places the pagoda is the tower standing in the temple garden, not the whole temple where people pray.

You see pagodas in pictures of temple grounds你會在寺廟園區的照片裡看到pagoda in China, Japan, Myanmar, and sometimes Taiwan在中國、日本、緬甸，有時候台灣也有 though many Taiwan temples are a wide hall, not this tower不過台灣很多廟是寬廣的大殿，不是這種塔 Though actually不過其實 in many of those places the pagoda is the tower standing in the temple garden在很多這些地方，pagoda是指立在寺院庭園裡的那座塔 not the whole temple where people pray不是整座讓人拜拜的寺廟

English borrowed the word through Portuguese sailors, from South Asian languages, and in the end from Sanskrit; it is not a Chinese word that English copied, even though you will see many pagodas in Chinese-speaking places. People once tried to tie it to Persian or to Chinese; that was a wrong guess.

English borrowed the word through Portuguese sailors英文這個字是透過葡萄牙水手借來的 from South Asian languages源頭是南亞的語言 and in the end from Sanskrit最後追到梵文 it is not a Chinese word that English copied它不是英文從中文抄來的字 even though you will see many pagodas in Chinese-speaking places雖然你會在講中文的地方看到很多pagoda People once tried to tie it to Persian or to Chinese曾經有人想把它跟波斯文或中文扯上關係 that was a wrong guess那是猜錯了

It is a calm, slightly travel-guide noun, not slang.

It is a calm, slightly travel-guide noun這是個平靜、有點像旅遊指南會用的名詞 not slang不是俚語