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楼 (lóu) — building (with more than one story); floor, story (in a building)

Dictionary HSK 2楼

HSK 2

楼

lóu

Part of speech: noun
HSK level: 2
Frequency: #872
Classifier: 层, 座, 栋
Traditional: 樓

Definition

楼 is a multi-story building or one of its floors (一层楼 = one floor), not the ground surface (地/地面) and not a house/home (房子).

noun

building (with more than one story)floorstory (in a building)

Measure word · 层, 座, 栋

Easily confused

搂lǒulook-aliketo hug, to embrace
缕lǚlook-alike(classifier) for slender, wispy things: strands (of hair), wisps (of smoke/mist), beams (of light), puffs (of fragrance)
屡lǚlook-alikerepeatedly, time and again (formal/literary; commonly used in 屡次)

Examples

楼。
Wǒ jiā zhù zài wǔ lóu.
My home is on the fifth floor.
。
lóu Xià yǒu yí gè chāo shì.
There is a supermarket downstairs.
楼，。
Zhè lóu hěn gāo, yǒu èr shí céng.
This building is very tall; it has twenty floors.

Appears in

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