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lóu
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. house with more than 1 story
  2. 2. storied building
  3. 3. floor

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2004695)

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Words Containing 楼

鼓楼区
gǔ lóu qū

Drumtower city district (various)

登机楼
dēng jī lóu

airport terminal

塔楼
tǎ lóu

tower (of building)

银楼
yín lóu

silverware store

土楼
tǔ lóu

traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine

骑楼
qí lóu

arcade (architecture)

唐楼
táng lóu

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)

世贸中心大楼
shì mào zhōng xīn dà lóu

World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)

岳阳楼记
yuè yáng lóu jì

On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[fàn zhòng yān]

上楼
shàng lóu

to go upstairs

近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái

lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

高楼
gāo lóu

high building

楼花
lóu huā

apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed

写字楼
xiě zì lóu

office building

楼板
lóu bǎn

floor

石楼县
shí lóu xiàn

Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

楼顶
lóu dǐng

top of a building

黄鹤楼
huáng hè lóu

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985

楼橹
lóu lǔ

watch tower

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])

西楼梦
xī lóu mèng

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令

楼房
lóu fáng

a building of two or more stories

楼船
lóu chuán

ship with several decks

楼梯间
lóu tī jiān

staircase

楼座
lóu zuò

gallery seat (in theater)

办公大楼
bàn gōng dà lóu

office building

牌楼
pái lou

decorated archway

楼道
lóu dào

corridor

楼厢
lóu xiāng

loft

赤崁楼
chì kǎn lóu

Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[chì kǎn lóu])

航站楼
háng zhàn lóu

airport terminal

海市蜃楼
hǎi shì shèn lóu

mirage (lit. or fig.)

普通楼燕
pǔ tōng lóu yàn

(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)

西楼记
xī lóu jì

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令[yuán yú lìng]

办公楼
bàn gōng lóu

office building

茶楼
chá lóu

teahouse (usu. of two stories)

楼梯口
lóu tī kǒu

head of a flight of stairs

楼宇
lóu yǔ

building

岳阳楼
yuè yáng lóu

Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[dòng tíng hú]

岳阳楼区
yuè yáng lóu qū

Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳[yuè yáng], Hunan

坠楼
zhuì lóu

to fall off or jump off a building

亭台楼阁
tíng tái lóu gé

pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)

楼市
lóu shì

real estate market

岗楼
gǎng lóu

watchtower; guard tower

更楼
gēng lóu

watch tower

宿舍楼
sù shè lóu

dormitory building

气楼
qì lóu

small ventilation tower on roof of building

跳楼价
tiào lóu jià

extremely low price

城楼
chéng lóu

city gate tower

主楼
zhǔ lóu

main building

青楼
qīng lóu

(literary) brothel

望楼
wàng lóu

watchtower

曲尺楼梯
qū chǐ lóu tī

staircase with right-angled turn

万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)

楼梯
lóu tī

stair

亭台楼榭
tíng tái lóu xiè

see 亭臺樓閣|亭台楼阁[tíng tái lóu gé]

板楼
bǎn lóu

slab type building

候机楼
hòu jī lóu

airport terminal

危楼
wēi lóu

dangerous housing

重楼
chóng lóu

multistory building

公寓楼
gōng yù lóu

apartment building

高楼大厦
gāo lóu dà shà

tall building

空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé

pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction

石楼
shí lóu

Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西

楼台
lóu tái

(dialect) balcony

自动楼梯
zì dòng lóu tī

escalator

层楼
céng lóu

multistoried building

钟楼怪人
zhōng lóu guài rén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]

楼梯台
lóu tī tái

staircase balcony

酒楼
jiǔ lóu

restaurant

钟楼
zhōng lóu

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

居民楼
jū mín lóu

apartment building

楼主
lóu zhǔ

original poster (in an online forum)

楼下
lóu xià

downstairs

大楼
dà lóu

building (a relatively large, multistory one)

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng

the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)

鼓楼
gǔ lóu

a drum tower

五角大楼
wǔ jiǎo dà lóu

the Pentagon

楼阁塔
lóu gé tǎ

multistory pagoda

盖楼
gài lóu

to construct a building

阁楼
gé lóu

garret

钟楼区
zhōng lóu qū

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu

福楼拜
fú lóu bài

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary

楼兰
lóu lán

Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[luó bù pō]

更上一层楼
gèng shàng yī céng lóu

to take it up a notch

角楼
jiǎo lóu

corner (between walls)

跳楼
tiào lóu

to jump from a building (to kill oneself)

楼上
lóu shàng

upstairs

楼层
lóu céng

story

百货大楼
bǎi huò dà lóu

department store

下楼
xià lóu

to go downstairs

红楼梦
hóng lóu mèng

A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[cáo xuě qín], one of the four great novels

住宅楼
zhù zhái lóu

residential building

楼阁
lóu gé

building

堕楼
duò lóu

to jump to one's death

摩天大楼
mó tiān dà lóu

skyscraper

公寓大楼
gōng yù dà lóu

apartment building

顶楼
dǐng lóu

top floor

教学楼
jiào xué lóu

teaching block

鬼楼
guǐ lóu

haunted house

近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè

the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)

吊楼
diào lóu

house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts

楼面
lóu miàn

floor

琼楼玉宇
qióng lóu yù yǔ

bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling

摩天楼
mó tiān lóu

skyscraper

楼盘
lóu pán

building under construction