楼樓 lóu — a building of several storeys
lóu (second tone, rising)lou2
Traditional: 樓
a building of several storeys
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 座Measure word 个
Meanings
a building of several storeys
A building tall enough to have floors above the ground one. A single-storey house is not a 楼.
nounfloor, storey (in an address)
nounNumbered with 楼 it names a floor — 三楼, the third floor; counted with 层 it measures a height — 三层, three storeys. Up and down inside a building are the set words 楼上 and 楼下.
Example sentences
- 我住在三楼。我住在三樓。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zhù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) sān (first tone, high and level) lóu. (second tone, rising)···
I live on the third floor.
- 这个楼很高，有二十层。這個樓很高，有二十層。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) lóu (second tone, rising) hěn (third tone, dipping) gāo, (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping) èrshí (fourth tone, falling) céng. (second tone, rising)···
This building is tall — it has twenty storeys.
Common mistakes
Not quite他在楼的上面。
Correct他在楼上。
Upstairs and downstairs are the fixed words 楼上 and 楼下; no 的 and no 面 come between. 楼的上面 would mean the top of the building, seen from outside.