楼
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Definitions
- 1. house with more than 1 story
- 2. storied building
- 3. floor
Words Containing 楼
to go upstairs
to go downstairs
building (a relatively large, multistory one)
office building
apartment building
teaching block
upstairs
downstairs
a building of two or more stories
stair
corridor
restaurant
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
main building
the Pentagon
see 亭臺樓閣|亭台楼阁[tíng tái lóu gé]
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
residential building
airport terminal
apartment building
apartment building
dangerous housing
house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
city gate tower
tower (of building)
to fall off or jump off a building
to jump to one's death
dormitory building
multistoried building
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[dòng tíng hú]
Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳[yuè yáng], Hunan
On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[fàn zhòng yān]
watchtower; guard tower
skyscraper
skyscraper
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
staircase with right-angled turn
to take it up a notch
watch tower
watchtower
slab type building
original poster (in an online forum)
building
story
real estate market
gallery seat (in theater)
loft
floor
head of a flight of stairs
staircase balcony
staircase
watch tower
building under construction
(dialect) balcony
ship with several decks
apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[luó bù pō]
building
multistory pagoda
floor
top of a building
small ventilation tower on roof of building
mirage (lit. or fig.)
decorated archway
bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
airport terminal
department store
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[cáo xuě qín], one of the four great novels
escalator
airport terminal
teahouse (usu. of two stories)
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
to construct a building
Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令
Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令[yuán yú lìng]
corner (between walls)
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[chì kǎn lóu])
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[chì kǎn lóu])
to jump from a building (to kill oneself)
extremely low price
office building
office building
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
multistory building
silverware store
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]
garret
(literary) brothel
top floor
arcade (architecture)
high building
tall building
haunted house
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
a drum tower
Drumtower city district (various)