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Lóu

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Lóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lóu | Lou2
English translation
surname Lou
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor
CL: céng
> céng [céng], zuò [zuò], dòng
> dòng [dòng]
multi-story building; floor

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About Lóu

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

lóu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of Lóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木娄

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and lóu represents the sound. Simplified form of lóu .

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Example sentences using Lóu

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宁可 nìngkě 选择 xuǎnzé ǎi Fáng 不要 bù yào 高楼 gāo lóu .

I prefer low rise to high rise.

利季娅转身 zhuǎn shēn 憋住 Xiàng 楼梯 lóu tī páo .

Lydia turned and ran, choking, toward the staircase.

dòu Guò 红楼梦 Hóng lóu Mèng ?

Have you read " A Dream of Red Mansions " ?

Suǒ 米斯 diū xià shé dié 自己 zìjǐ de 大衣 dà yī ,走上楼梯 lóu tī .

Soames left him folding the coat and began to mount the stairs.

宾馆 bīnguǎn de 营业 yíngyè 主体 zhǔ tǐ yóu Dōng Nán èr dòng Lóu 组成 zǔchéng .

Hotel operating the main from the east, South Floor 2 component.

Words with Lóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Lóu floor lóu
大楼 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)大樓
楼下 lóu xià downstairs樓下
楼上 lóu shàng upstairs樓上
楼梯 lóu tī stair樓梯
阁楼 gé lóu garret閣樓
上楼 shàng lóu to go upstairs上樓
楼顶 lóu dǐng top of a building樓頂
五角大楼 Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóu the Pentagon五角大樓
写字楼 xiě zì lóu office building寫字樓
楼房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories樓房
楼层 lóu céng story樓層
办公楼 bàn gōng lóu office building辦公樓
红楼梦 Hóng lóu Mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín [Cáo​Xuě​qín], one of the four great novels紅樓夢
跳楼 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself)跳樓
酒楼 jiǔ lóu restaurant酒樓
顶楼 dǐng lóu top floor頂樓
高楼 gāo lóu high building高樓
楼道 lóu dào corridor樓道
钟楼 Zhōng lóu bell tower鐘樓
更上一层楼 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch更上一層樓
鼓楼 gǔ lóu a drum tower鼓樓
塔楼 tǎ lóu tower (of building)塔樓
楼宇 lóu yǔ building樓宇
城楼 chéng lóu city gate tower城樓

Lóu Decomposition & Compounds

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Lóu Decomposition

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