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  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
to go upstairs
HSK 4
school building; academic building
HSK 1
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
HSK 1
stair / staircase / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
office building
HSK 6
a building of two or more stories / CL: 棟|栋, ,
HSK 6
downstairs
HSK 1
apartment building / CL:
the Pentagon
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楼* | 楼* | *楼
surname Lou
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼)
building
main building
garret / loft / attic
office building / CL: , 棟|栋
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
residential building / CL: , , 棟|栋
office building
corridor / passageway (in storied building)
HSK 6
ground floor; first floor
skyscraper / CL:
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
multistoried building / tower / pagoda
department store
watchtower; guard tower / police booth
ship with several decks / turreted junk
restaurant
HSK 7-9
skyscraper / CL:
real estate market
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom) / fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted
to fall off or jump off a building
uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level
floor; story (of a building)
building / pavilion
airport terminal
city gate tower
slab type building
(literary) tall building / dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent)
arcade (architecture)
airport terminal
tower (of building)
apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed / off-plan property
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
multistory pagoda
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
silverware store / jewelry center
tall building
small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
dormitory building / CL: ,
drop tower; free fall tower (amusement ride)
haunted house
bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
apartment building
Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市, Jiangsu
original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
loft
watch tower / movable battlefield turret
top of a building
decorated archway
Gulou, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu / Gulou, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市, Jiangsu / Gulou, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Gulou, a district of Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市, Henan
teahouse (usu. of two stories)
house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts / house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts
escalator
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果
to jump to one's death
On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
floor
(slang) prostitute who provides services in a private apartment
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
staircase / flight of stairs
(dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
corner (between walls)
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼)
(idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)
head of a flight of stairs
to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
airport terminal
extremely low price / knockdown price
(literary) brothel / pleasure quarters
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西

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