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building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樓* | 樓* | *樓
house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層|层, , 棟|栋
HSK 1
office building
HSK 6
to go upstairs
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
school building; academic building
HSK 1
restaurant
HSK 7-9
apartment building / CL:
the Pentagon
department store
apartment building
skyscraper / CL:
office building / CL: , 棟|栋
high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:
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)
small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
main building
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樓* | 樓* | *樓
surname Lou
to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level
airport terminal
(literary) tall building / dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
watchtower / lookout tower
teahouse (usu. of two stories)
residential building / CL: , , 棟|栋
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
watchtower; guard tower / police booth
ground floor; first floor
silverware store / jewelry center
city gate tower
(idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
decorated archway
house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts / house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts
to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
tower (of building)
top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
airport terminal
(literary) brothel / pleasure quarters
airport terminal
slab type building
office building
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine
skyscraper / CL:
garret / loft / attic
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼)
multistoried building / tower / pagoda
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
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
to fall off or jump off a building
dormitory building / CL: ,
uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼)
watch tower / drum tower marking night watches
corner (between walls)
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
small ventilation tower on roof of building
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
to jump to one's death
basement level 1; floor B1
arcade (architecture)
haunted house
multistory building
to construct a building / (Internet slang) to reply to a thread


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