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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.storeyed building; tower
办公楼
office building
那座大楼很漂亮。
That building is very beautiful.
摩天大楼
skyscraper
- 2
n.floor; storey
一楼
ground floor
我住二楼，不用坐电梯。
I live on the second floor, so I don't need to take an elevator.
我住在二楼。你住几楼？
I live on the second floor. On which floor do you live?
- 3
n.(used in shop names)
茶楼
tea shop
酒楼
restaurant
- 4
n.superstructure
城楼
city-gate tower
箭楼
battlements
- 5
Lou, a surname
Words and phrases with 楼
- 楼板[word]floor
- 楼花[word]building that is put up for sale before it is completed
- 楼燕[word]hawk swallow
- 楼主[word]post opener
- 楼盘[word]commercial building being built or sold
- 楼间架空通道[word]bridgeway
- 楼库[word]paper storeyed building
- 楼船[word]ancient towered ship with several decks
- 楼道[word]corridor
- 楼堂馆所[idiom]office buildings, large halls and guest house
Word usage
- NoteIn Chinese, the ground floor of a building above the ground is generally regarded as the first floor, and the first floor above the ground floor is the second floor.
- common measure word"楼" is often matched with measure word "层"or"栋"or"幢".
一层楼
one floor
一栋楼
one building
一幢楼
one building