楼 (樓) lóu
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lóu
noun
a storied building
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '樓'; Guoyu '樓' n 1; Kroll 2015 '樓' 1, p. 281; Unihan '樓') -
lóu
noun
floor; level
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Synonymous with 层 (céng) in the context of buildings, eg 八楼 'eighth floor' (CC-CEDICT '樓'; Guoyu '樓' n 2) -
lóu
noun
having two decks
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of wagons or ships (Kroll 2015 '樓' 1a, p. 281) -
lóu
noun
office
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '樓' n 3) -
lóu
proper noun
Lou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '樓'; Guoyu '樓' n 4)
Contained in
- 更楼(更樓) watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
- 岗楼(崗樓) watchtower; observation tower; police booth
- 楼座(樓座) gallery seat (in theater)
- 楼房(樓房) building
- 楼层(樓層) a story; a floor
- 气楼(氣樓) small ventilation tower on roof of building
- 酒楼(酒樓) restaurant
- 赤崁楼(赤崁樓) Chihkan Tower
- 更上一层楼(更上一層樓) to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
- 城楼(城樓) city gate tower
- 候机楼(候機樓) airport terminal
- 板楼(板樓) slab type building
- 百货大楼(百貨大樓) department store
- 楼顶(樓頂) top of a building
- 岑楼(岑樓) sharp gable on a building
- 层楼(層樓) a storied building
- 高楼(高樓) multistory building; skyscraper
- 办公大楼(辦公大樓) office building
- 楼宇(樓宇) a building
- 楼梯台(樓梯臺) staircase balcony; landing
- 楼道(樓道) a corridor
- 顶楼(頂樓) top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
- 普通楼燕(普通樓燕) common swift (Apus apus)
- 坠楼(墜樓) to fall off or jump off a building
- 办公楼(辦公樓) office building
- 土楼(土樓) traditional Hakka communal residence
- 摩天大楼(摩天大樓) skyscraper
- 人去楼空(人去樓空) the people are gone and the place is empty; the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind; the place is deserted
- 楼下(樓下) downstairs
- 楼阁塔(樓閣塔) multi-storied pagoda
- 楼主(樓主) original poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional)
- 望楼(望樓) watchtower; lookout tower
- 门楼(門樓) a gate structure; a tower
- 角楼(角樓) corner tower; watch tower
- 大楼(大樓) a building
- 写字楼(寫字樓) office building
- 堕楼(墮樓) to jump to one's death
- 银楼(銀樓) silverware store; jewelry center
- 高楼大厦(高樓 大廈) tall building ; tall building
- 吊楼(吊樓) a building supported on pillars projecting over a river; a mountain hut supported on pillars
- 骑楼(騎樓) arcade
- 登机楼(登機樓) airport terminal
Also contained in
石楼 、 拘楼国 、 岳阳楼 、 福楼拜 、 西楼梦 、 楼兰故城 、 世贸中心大楼 、 楼烦 、 五角大楼
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 29
- 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
- 卷一百二十八 載記第二十八 慕容超 Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 18
- 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate Mozi 墨子 — count: 18
- 卷一百十三 志第六十六 禮十六 Volume 113 Treatises 66: Rites 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
- 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 14
- 卷二十五 志第六: 地理中 南京路 河北東路 河北西路 山東東路 山東西路 Volume 25 Treatises 6: Geography 2 - Nanjing Circuit, Hebei Circuit East, Hebei Circuit West, Shandong Circuit East, Shandong Circuit West History of Jin 金史 — count: 13
- 卷二十四 魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
Collocations
- 楼缓 (樓緩) 王謂樓緩曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 23
- 楼车 (樓車) 登諸樓車 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
- 楼公 (樓公) 杞東樓公者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳杞世家》 Houses of Chen and Qi — count: 5
- 楼季 (樓季) 則雖樓季之足無時及獸矣 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V — count: 4
- 干楼 (乾樓) 井幹樓 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 4
- 五楼 (五樓) 五樓 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 4
- 东楼 (東樓) 杞東樓公者 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《陳杞世家》 Houses of Chen and Qi — count: 3
- 楼居 (樓居) 且僊人好樓居 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3
- 楼昌 (樓昌) 樓昌將 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《趙世家》 House of Zhao — count: 3
- 好楼 (好樓) 且僊人好樓居 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3