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
- 门楼(門樓) a gate structure; a tower
- 堕楼(墮樓) to jump to one's death
- 登机楼(登機樓) airport terminal
- 海市蜃楼(海市蜃樓) mirage (lit. or fig.)
- 办公楼(辦公樓) office building
- 楼梯口(樓梯口) head of a flight of stairs
- 摩天大楼(摩天大樓) skyscraper
- 候机楼(候機樓) airport terminal
- 摩天楼(摩天樓) a skyscraper
- 更楼(更樓) watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
- 曲尺楼梯(曲尺樓梯) staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase
- 阁楼(閣樓) a garret; a loft; an attic
- 土楼(土樓) traditional Hakka communal residence
- 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
- 涵芬楼(涵芬樓) Han Fen Lou
- 角楼(角樓) corner tower; watch tower
- 伐楼拿(伐樓拿) Varuna
- 高楼大厦(高樓 大廈) tall building
- 危楼(危樓) dangerous housing; building that is about to collapse
- 上楼(上樓) to go upstairs
- 重楼(重樓) multi-storied building
- 敌楼(敵樓) a watch tower
- 百货大楼(百貨大樓) department store
- 楼道(樓道) a corridor
- 住宅楼(住宅樓) residential building
- 叫拜楼(叫拜樓) minaret
- 万丈高楼平地起(萬丈高樓平地起) towering buildings are built up from the ground; great oaks from little acorns grow
- 更上一层楼(更上一層樓) to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
- 顶楼(頂樓) top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
- 坠楼(墜樓) to fall off or jump off a building
- 钟楼(鐘樓) Bell Tower
- 层楼(層樓) a storied building
- 楼子(樓子) pavilion
- 茶楼(茶樓) tearoom; teahouse; dimsum restaurant
- 望楼(望樓) watchtower; lookout tower
- 公寓大楼(公寓大樓) apartment building
- 楼阁塔(樓閣塔) multi-storied pagoda
- 自动楼梯(自動樓梯) escalator
- 楼市(樓市) real estate market
- 岑楼(岑樓) sharp gable on a building
- 办公大楼(辦公大樓) office building
- 大楼(大樓) a building
- 楼橹(樓櫓) watch tower; movable battlefield turret
Also contained in
西楼梦 、 西楼记 、 钟楼区 、 石楼 、 香楼 、 阇楼 、 福楼拜 、 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
- 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate Mozi 墨子 — count: 18
- 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
- 楼烦 (樓煩) 上遂北至樓煩 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 淮南鴻烈解敘 漢涿郡高誘撰 Explanation of Sections of Huainaizi, Compiled by Gao You of Zhuo Province in the Han — count: 50
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 斩楼 (斬樓) 所將卒斬樓煩將五人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — 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: 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
- 楼贼 (樓賊) 五樓賊帥張文 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 3