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楼

lóu

HSK 3 Character Traditional 樓 Measure word 层、座、栋

What 楼 means

1. house with more than 1 story
2. storied building
3. floor

Other readings

楼 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lóusurname Lou

Example sentences

• 上楼。
  Go up the stairs.
• 她下楼。
  She was coming down the stairs.
• 在楼下等我
  Zài lóuxià děng wǒ
  Wait for me downstairs.
• 她上楼了。
  She went upstairs.
• 安下楼来了。
  Ann came downstairs.
• 看那栋高楼。
  Look at that tall building.

Words starting with 楼

• 楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
• 楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (net slang) previous poster in a forum thread
• 楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase
• 楼房lóu fánga building of two or more stories
• 楼盘lóu pánbuilding under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
• 楼市lóu shìreal estate market
• 楼道lóu dàocorridor; passageway (in storied building)
• 楼层lóu céngfloor; story (of a building)
• 楼顶lóu dǐngtop of a building
• 楼梯口lóu tī kǒuhead of a flight of stairs
• 楼宇lóu yǔbuilding
• 楼兰Lóu lánLoulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 罗布泊
• 楼板lóu bǎnfloor; floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
• 楼阁lóu gébuilding; pavilion
• 楼台lóu tái(dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building
• 楼面lóu miànfloor
• 楼主lóu zhǔoriginal poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional)
• 楼子lóu zipavilion; variant of 娄子
• 楼座lóu zuògallery seat (in theater)
• 楼船lóu chuánship with several decks; turreted junk
• 楼花lóu huāapartment building offered for sale before construction is completed; off-plan property
• 楼阁塔lóu gé tǎmultistory pagoda
• 楼梯台lóu tī táistaircase balcony; landing
• 楼梯间lóu tī jiānstaircase; flight of stairs

Words containing 楼

• 大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
• 下楼xià lóuto go downstairs
• 红楼梦Hóng lóu MèngA Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹
• 上楼shàng lóuto go upstairs
• 高楼gāo lóuhigh building; multistory building; skyscraper
• 教学楼jiào xué lóuschool building; academic building
• 宿舍楼sù shè lóudormitory building
• 酒楼jiǔ lóurestaurant
• 写字楼xiě zì lóuoffice building
• 跳楼tiào lóuto jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount…
• 办公楼bàn gōng lóuoffice building
• 阁楼gé lóugarret; loft; attic
• 城楼chéng lóucity gate tower
• 钟楼zhōng lóubell tower; campanile; clock tower
• 鼓楼gǔ lóua drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
• 主楼zhǔ lóumain building
• 高楼大厦gāo lóu dà shàtall building
• 茶楼chá lóuteahouse (usu. of two stories)
• 塔楼tǎ lóutower (of building)
• 顶楼dǐng lóutop floor; attic; loft
• 五角大楼Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóuthe Pentagon
• 居民楼jū mín lóuapartment building; residential tower
• 牌楼pái loudecorated archway
• 百货大楼bǎi huò dà lóudepartment store

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 髅lóuused in 髑髅
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 篓lǒubasket
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 蝼lóusee 蝼蛄

Characters that look like 楼

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 矮ǎi(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 褛lǚused in 褴褛

Sounds the same

Read lóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喽(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 髅used in 髑髅
• 偻used in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 耧drill for sowing grain
• 蒌Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel
• 剅(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out…
• 娄surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 蝼see 蝼蛄
• 溇see 溇水