Chinese Notes

楼 (樓) lóu

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)

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骑楼(騎樓) arcade
办公大楼(辦公大樓) office building
海市蜃楼(海市蜃樓) mirage (lit. or fig.)
楼上(樓上) upstairs
更上一层楼(更上一層樓) to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
楼阁塔(樓閣塔) multi-storied pagoda
跳楼(跳樓) to jump from a building
楼座(樓座) gallery seat (in theater)
曲尺楼梯(曲尺樓梯) staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase
楼梯间(樓梯間) staircase; flight of stairs
银楼(銀樓) silverware store; jewelry center
空中楼阁(空中樓閣) pavilion in the air; unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans
教学楼(教學樓) teaching block; school building
办公楼(辦公樓) office building
楼道(樓道) a corridor
楼下(樓下) downstairs
坠楼(墜樓) to fall off or jump off a building
涵芬楼(涵芬樓) Han Fen Lou
赤崁楼(赤崁樓) Chihkan Tower
顶楼(頂樓) top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
大楼(大樓) a building
阁楼(閣樓) a garret; a loft; an attic
楼板(樓板) floor; floor
角楼(角樓) corner tower; watch tower
板楼(板樓) slab type building
楼顶(樓頂) top of a building
航站楼(航站樓) airport terminal
层楼(層樓) a storied building
土楼(土樓) traditional Hakka communal residence
茶楼(茶樓) tearoom; teahouse; dimsum restaurant
鼓楼(鼓樓) Drum Tower
宿舍楼(宿舍樓) dormitory building
楼船(樓船) turreted junk
更楼(更樓) watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
瓯楼(甌樓) for ground to be high
摩天楼(摩天樓) a skyscraper
重楼(重樓) multi-storied building
公寓楼(公寓樓) apartment building
气楼(氣樓) small ventilation tower on roof of building
自动楼梯(自動樓梯) escalator
近水楼台先得月(近水樓臺先得月) the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first

Also contained in

登楼赋、楼兰故城、黄鹤楼、西楼梦、福楼拜、登嘉楼、石楼、钟楼区、楼兰、钟楼怪人

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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
第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
卷二十四　魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
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

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
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
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
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
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
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