lóu

building of two or more stories

DEFINITIONS

樓 lóu
  • surname Lou
  • house with more than 1 story
  • storied building
  • floor
  • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

WORDS

梯 lóu tī stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]
梯口 lóu tī kǒu head of a flight of stairs
梯臺 lóu tī tái staircase balcony; landing
梯間 lóu tī jiān staircase; flight of stairs
櫓 lóu lǔ watch tower; movable battlefield turret
盤 lóu pán building under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
臺 lóu tái balcony; high building (esp. in poetry); tower
船 lóu chuán ship with several decks; turreted junk
蘭 lóu lán ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang
道 lóu dào corridor; passageway (in storied building)
閣 lóu gé building; pavilion
閣塔 lóu gé tǎ multi-storied pagoda
面 lóu miàn floor
頂 lóu dǐng top of a building
qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building
海市蜃 hǎi shì shèn lóu mirage (lit. or fig.)
pái lou decorated archway
玉宇 qióng lóu yù yǔ bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
登機 dēng jī lóu airport terminal
百貨大 bǎi huò dà lóu department store
shí lóu Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
縣 shí lóu xiàn Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
拜 fú lóu bài Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary
空中閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans
夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels