楼层 (lóu céng) — floor (of a building); story

Definition

noun

floor (of a building)story

Measure word · 层

楼层。
Zhè dòng lóu yí gòng yǒu shí bā céng lóu céng.
This building has eighteen floors in total.
楼层，。
Wǒ zhù zài sān lóu céng, méi yǒu diàn tī bú yào jǐn.
I live on the third floor; it's okay that there's no elevator.
楼层。
Bù tóng lóu céng de bù jú kě néng bù yí yàng.
The layouts of different floors may be different.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

楼lóubuilding

层céngfloor/story

It names a floor or story of a building; 楼 means building, and 层 means floor.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樓; 楼 is its simplified writing.

木婁樓

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

婁

婁lóu樓lóu

Same sound today

The traditional form 樓 pairs 木 (tree) with 婁 as its sound part; the simplified 楼 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 層; 层 is its simplified writing.

尸曾層

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

曾

Same sound today

The traditional form 層 uses 尸 for the meaning and 曾 for the sound; the simplified 层 is a later abbreviation.

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