Meaning
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
Chinese: 房屋、家、建筑物。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lou” becomes a different word in each tone. 楼 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
- 楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
- 教学楼jiào xué lóuschool building; academic building
- 楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase
- 大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
Example Sentence
我们家住在这栋楼的五楼。Wǒ men jiā zhù zài zhè dòng lóu de wǔ lóu.Our home is on the fifth floor of this building.
我们Wǒ menwe家jiāhome住zhùto live在zàiat这zhèthis栋dòngclassifier for houses or b楼lóuhouse with more than 1 sto的deof五wǔfive楼lóuhouse with more than 1 sto。