楼

lóu

house with more than 1 story

surname Lou; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

wood (木) + 娄 (sound: lóu) = a wooden storied building

木 signals that the building is framed in wood, the primary construction material of traditional Chinese architecture. 娄 mainly contributes the sound lóu and does not carry a meaningful image here.

木+娄→楼
娄A surnamePhonetic
木WoodSemantic

我家住在这栋楼的三层。

wǒ jiā zhù zài zhè dòng lóu de sān céng。

My family lives on the third floor of this building.

那座楼有二十层,看起来很高。

nà zuò lóu yǒu èr shí céng,kàn qǐ lái hěn gāo。

That building has twenty floors and looks very tall.

Words with 楼

候机楼

hòu jī lóu

airport terminal

跳楼

tiào lóu

to jump from a building (to kill oneself)

航站楼

háng zhàn lóu

airport terminal

楼盘

lóu pán

building under construction

鼓楼区

gǔ lóu qū

Gulou, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu

土楼

tǔ lóu

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

盖楼

gài lóu

to construct a building

酒楼

jiǔ lóu

restaurant

重楼

chóng lóu

multistory building

银楼

yín lóu

silverware store

自动楼梯

zì dòng lóu tī

escalator

钟楼区

zhōng lóu qū

Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

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