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Traditional (Taiwan): 樓

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

lóu ㄌㄡˊ

    • house with more than 1 story
    • storied building
    • floor
    • surname Lou

Classifiers (measure words)

house with more than 1 story

Usually

Less often

storied building

Usually

Less often

Other words read lóu

In the same tone

  • 剅 lóu opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out
  • 喽 lóu subordinates in a gang of bandits
  • 娄 lóu surname Lou
  • 耧 lóu drill for sowing grain
  • 蒌 lóu Arthemisia vulgaris

All 6 words read lóu

lou with other tones

All 16 words read lou in any tone

How 楼 is written

    部首 radical
    木
    笔画 strokes
    13, with 9 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    木娄
    形旁 meaning
    木
    声旁 sound
    娄

    Words with 楼

    Starting with 楼

    All 28 words starting with 楼

    Ending with 楼

    • 城楼 chénglóu city gate tower
    • 大楼 dàlóu building
    • 黄鹤楼 huánghèlóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
    • 牌楼 páilou decorated archway
    • 酒楼 jiǔlóu restaurant

    All 63 words ending with 楼

    Containing 楼

    • 红楼梦 hónglóumèng Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 cáoxuěqín, one of the four great novels
    • 琼楼玉宇 qiónglóuyùyǔ sumptuous dwelling
    • 高楼大厦 gāolóudàshà tall building
    • 亭台楼阁 tíngtáilóugé pavilions and kiosks
    • 人去楼空 rénqùlóukōng deserted

    All 21 words containing 楼

    The words 楼 counts as a measure word

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 楼

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