Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 楼

surname Lou

house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor
CL:層／层 (céng),座 (zuò),棟／栋 (dòng)

silverware store
jewelry center

traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine

main building

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市 ( Chángzhōushì), Jiangsu

high building
multistory building
skyscraper
CL:座 (zuò)

corner (between walls)

apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed
off-plan property

building (a relatively large, multistory one)
CL:幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò)

building
pavilion

small ventilation tower on roof of building

gallery seat (in theater)

haunted house

to go downstairs

floor

to construct a building
(Internet slang) to reply to a thread

pavilion
variant of 婁子／娄子 (lóuzi)

multistory building

watchtower; guard tower
police booth

dangerous housing
building that is about to collapse

story
floor

upstairs
(Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread

Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁／吕梁 ( Lüliáng), Shanxi 山西

house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts
house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts

real estate market

to jump to one's death

to jump from a building (to kill oneself)
fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)

tower (of building)

original poster (in an online forum)
landlord of a building (traditional)

city gate tower

stair
staircase
CL:個／个 (gè)

(literary) brothel
pleasure quarters

top of a building

multistoried building
tower
pagoda

building

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)

decorated archway

restaurant

a drum tower
Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc

teahouse (usu. of two stories)

slab type building

to fall off or jump off a building

arcade (architecture)

top floor
attic
loft
garret
penthouse
(flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)

building under construction
commercial property
real estate (for sale or rent)

corridor
passageway (in storied building)

watch tower
drum tower marking night watches

floor
floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)

downstairs

watch tower
movable battlefield turret

Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊／罗布泊 ( Luóbùpō)

garret
loft
attic

(dialect) balcony
terrace
(literary) high building
tower
(old) stage for theatrical performance

bell tower
campanile
clock tower
Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc

a building of two or more stories
CL:棟／栋 (dòng),幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò)

loft

to go upstairs

ship with several decks
turreted junk

watchtower
lookout tower

head of a flight of stairs

Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓／赤崁楼 ( Chìkǎnlóu))

airport terminal

staircase
flight of stairs

multistory pagoda

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令 ( Yuán Yúlìng)
same as 西樓夢／西楼梦

variant of 惹婁子／惹娄子 (rělóuzi)

dormitory building
CL:幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò)

apartment building
CL:座 (zuò)

Gulou, the name of districts in Nanjing (in Jiangsu), Xuzhou (in Jiangsu), Fuzhou (in Fujian) and Kaifeng (in Henan)

office building

Hónglóu Mèng

A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 ( Cáo Xuěqín), one of the four great novels

airport terminal

school building; academic building

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令
same as 西樓記／西楼记

office building
CL:座 (zuò),棟／栋 (dòng)

residential building
CL:幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò),棟／栋 (dòng)

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 ( Cuī Hào), with theme 'the past will never return'
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓／岳阳楼 ( Yuèyáng Lóu) in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣／滕王阁 ( Téngwáng Gé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi

skyscraper
CL:座 (zuò)

extremely low price
knockdown price

variant of 捅婁子／捅娄子 (tǒnglóuzi)

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary

Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市 ( Chángzhōushì), Jiangsu

Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁／吕梁 ( Lüliáng), Shanxi 山西

apartment building
residential tower

Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 ( Dòngtíng Hú)
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓／黄鹤楼 ( Huánghè Lóu) in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣／滕王阁 ( Téngwáng Gé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi

airport terminal

variant of 出婁子／出娄子 (chūlóuzi)

staircase balcony
landing

Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓／赤嵌楼 ( Chìkǎnlóu))

qiónglóuyùyǔ

bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling

jìnshuǐlóutái

lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

Zhōnglóuguàirén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果／维克多·雨果 ( Wéikèduō· Yǔguǒ)

bǎihuòdàlóu

department store

mótiāndàlóu

skyscraper
CL:座 (zuò)

zìdònglóutī

escalator

Wǔjiǎo Dàlóu

the Pentagon

pǔtōnglóuyàn

(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)

rénqùlóukōng

lit. the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom)
fig. (of a dwelling) empty; deserted

gōngyùdàlóu

apartment building

kōngzhōnglóugé

pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
castles in Spain
imaginary future plans

Yuèyánglóujì

On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹 ( Fàn Zhòngyān)

bàngōngdàlóu

office building

Yuèyáng Lóuqū

Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽／岳阳 ( Yuèyáng), Hunan

hǎishìshènlóu

mirage (lit. or fig.)

tíngtáilóugé

pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)

gāolóudàshà

tall building

staircase with right-angled turn
L-shaped staircase

tíngtáilóuxiè

see 亭臺樓閣／亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)

gèngshàngyīcénglóu

更上一层楼

[更上一層樓]

to take it up a notch
to bring it up a level

Shìmào Zhōngxīn Dàlóu

世贸中心大楼

[世貿中心大樓]

World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)

jìnshuǐlóutáixiāndéyuè

近水楼台先得月

[近水樓臺先得月]

the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

wànzhànggāolóupíngdìqǐ

万丈高楼平地起

[萬丈高樓平地起]

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
great oaks from little acorns grow