楼板 (lóu bǎn) — floor slab; floorboard

Definition

A technical/construction term for the structural floor slab between stories of a building — the concrete layer, not the wooden floorboards you walk on. Pairs with 承重 (load-bearing), 浇筑 (to pour concrete), 隔音 (sound insulation).

noun
floor slabfloorboard
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 楼板，。
    Zhè dòng lóu de lóu bǎn hěn hòu, gé yīn xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.
    The floor slabs of this building are very thick, so the soundproofing is good.
  • 楼板。
    Zhuāng xiū shí yào zhù yì lóu bǎn de chéng zhòng néng lì.
    When renovating, pay attention to the load-bearing capacity of the floor slabs.
  • 楼板。
    Gōng rén zhèng zài jiāo zhù xīn de lóu bǎn.
    Workers are pouring new floor slabs.

Origin

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 floor
板bǎnboard

楼 gives the building or floor and 板 the board, so together they mean a floor slab or floorboard.

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.

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.

Open 楼 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →

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