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