Keyword
floor
- multi-story building
- Frequency
- #893
- Strokes
- 13
Readings
lóu100%
Mnemonic
木 (wood) gives the meaning and 娄 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
楼
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
大楼
building (a relatively large, multistory one)
楼下
downstairs
楼梯
stair; staircase
楼上
upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
红楼梦
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 (CáoXuěqín), one of the four great novels
高楼
high building; multistory building; skyscraper
办公楼
office building
下楼
to go downstairs
五角大楼
the Pentagon
阁楼
garret; loft; attic
楼市
real estate market
楼房
a building of two or more stories
楼宇
building
楼盘
building under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
黄鹤楼
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢 (CuīHào), with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 (YuèyángLóu) in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁 (TéngwángGé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi
楼层
floor; story (of a building)
楼顶
top of a building
楼凤
(slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment
跳楼
to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
写字楼
office building
上楼
to go upstairs
酒楼
restaurant
航站楼
airport terminal