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

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

Examples

  • 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.
  • Zhè lóu hěn gāo, yǒu èr shí céng.
    This building is very tall; it has twenty floors.

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