Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼)
赤嵌楼赤嵌樓chi4 kan3 lou2
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼)
重楼重樓chong2 lou2
multi-storied building
出楼子出樓子chu1 lou2 zi5
variant of 出婁子|出娄子
大楼大樓da4 lou2
building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
登机楼登機樓deng1 ji1 lou2
airport terminal
吊楼吊樓diao4 lou2
a building supported on pillars projecting over a river; a mountain hut supported on pillars
顶楼頂樓ding3 lou2
top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
堕楼墮樓duo4 lou2
to jump to one's death
福楼拜福樓拜fu2 lou2 bai4
Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary
岗楼崗樓gang3 lou4
watchtower; observation tower; police booth
高楼高樓gao1 lou2
high building; multistory building; skyscraper
高楼大厦高樓大廈gao1 lou2 da4 sha4
tall buildings and large mansions; high-rise apartment building
阁楼閣樓ge2 lou2
garret; loft; attic
更楼更樓geng1 lou2
watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
更上一层楼更上一層樓geng4 shang4 yi1 ceng2 lou2
to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
公寓大楼公寓大樓gong1 yu4 da4 lou2
apartment building
公寓楼公寓樓gong1 yu4 lou2
apartment building
鼓楼鼓樓gu3 lou2
a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
鼓楼区鼓樓區gu3 lou2 qu1
Drumtower city district (various); Gulou district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu; Gulou or Drumtower district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian
鬼楼鬼樓gui3 lou2
haunted house
海市蜃楼海市蜃樓hai3 shi4 shen4 lou2
mirage (lit. or fig.)
航站楼航站樓hang2 zhan4 lou2
airport terminal
红楼梦紅樓夢hong2 lou2 meng4
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
候机楼候機樓hou4 ji1 lou2
airport terminal
黄鹤楼黃鶴樓huang2 he4 lou2
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
角楼角樓jiao3 lou2
corner (between walls)
教学楼教學樓jiao4 xue2 lou2
teaching block; school building
近水楼台近水樓臺jin4 shui3 lou2 tai2
lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月近水樓臺先得月jin4 shui3 lou2 tai2 xian1 de2 yue4
the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom); to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
酒楼酒樓jiu3 lou2
restaurant
空中楼阁空中樓閣kong1 zhong1 lou2 ge2
pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction; castles in Spain; imaginary future plans
楼板樓板lou2 ban3
floor; floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
楼层樓層lou2 ceng2
story; floor
楼船樓船lou2 chuan2
ship with several decks; turreted junk
楼道樓道lou2 dao4
corridor; passageway (in storied building)
楼顶樓頂lou2 ding3
top of a building
楼房樓房lou2 fang2
a building of two or more stories
楼阁樓閣lou2 ge2
building; pavilion
楼阁塔樓閣塔lou2 ge2 ta3
multi-storied pagoda
楼兰樓蘭lou2 lan2
ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang
楼橹樓櫓lou2 lu3
watch tower; movable battlefield turret
楼面樓面lou2 mian4
floor
楼盘樓盤lou2 pan2
building under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
楼上樓上lou2 shang4
upstairs
楼市樓市lou2 shi4
real estate market
楼台樓臺lou2 tai2
balcony; high building (esp. in poetry); tower
楼梯樓梯lou2 ti1
stair; staircase
楼梯间樓梯間lou2 ti1 jian1
staircase; flight of stairs
楼梯口樓梯口lou2 ti1 kou3
head of a flight of stairs
楼梯台樓梯臺lou2 ti1 tai2
staircase balcony; landing
楼下樓下lou2 xia4
downstairs
楼厢樓廂lou2 xiang1
loft
楼宇樓宇lou2 yu3
building
楼主樓主lou2 zhu3
original poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional)
楼子樓子lou2 zi5
pavilion; variant of 婁子|娄子
楼座樓座lou2 zuo4
gallery seat (in theater)
摩天大楼摩天大樓mo2 tian1 da4 lou2
skyscraper
摩天楼摩天樓mo2 tian1 lou2
skyscraper
牌楼牌樓pai2 lou5
decorated archway
普通楼燕普通樓燕pu3 tong1 lou2 yan4
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
骑楼騎樓qi2 lou2
arcade (architecture)
气楼氣樓qi4 lou2
small ventilation tower on roof of building
青楼青樓qing1 lou2
(literary) brothel; pleasure quarters
琼楼玉宇瓊樓玉宇qiong2 lou2 yu4 yu3
bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
曲尺楼梯曲尺樓梯qu1 chi3 lou2 ti1
staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase
惹楼子惹樓子re3 lou2 zi5
variant of 惹婁子|惹娄子
人去楼空人去樓空ren2 qu4 lou2 kong1
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom); the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind; the place is deserted; the birds have flown
上楼上樓shang4 lou2
to go upstairs
石楼石樓shi2 lou2
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
石楼县石樓縣shi2 lou2 xian4
Shilou county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
世贸中心大楼世貿中心大樓shi4 mao4 zhong1 xin1 da4 lou2
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
宿舍楼宿舍樓su4 she4 lou2
dormitory building
塔楼塔樓ta3 lou2
tower (of building)
唐楼唐樓tang2 lou2
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)
跳楼跳樓tiao4 lou2
to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
亭台楼阁亭臺樓閣ting2 tai2 lou2 ge2
pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens)
亭台楼榭亭臺樓榭ting2 tai2 lou2 xie4
see 亭臺樓閣|亭台楼阁
捅楼子捅樓子tong3 lou2 zi5
variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子
土楼土樓tu3 lou2
traditional communal residence, usually of circular shape, found in Fujian province
万丈高楼平地起萬丈高樓平地起wan4 zhang4 gao1 lou2 ping2 di4 qi3
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
望楼望樓wang4 lou2
watchtower; lookout tower
危楼危樓wei1 lou2
dangerous housing; building that is about to collapse
五角大楼五角大樓wu3 jiao3 da4 lou2
the Pentagon
西楼记西樓記xi1 lou2 ji4
Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令; same as 西樓夢|西楼梦
西楼梦西樓夢xi1 lou2 meng4
Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令; same as 西樓記|西楼记
写字楼寫字樓xie3 zi4 lou2
office building
银楼銀樓yin2 lou2
silverware store; jewelry center
岳阳楼岳陽樓yue4 yang2 lou2
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
岳阳楼记岳陽樓記yue4 yang2 lou2 ji4
On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹
岳阳楼区岳陽樓區yue4 yang2 lou2 qu1
Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
钟楼鐘樓zhong1 lou2
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
钟楼鐘樓zhong1 lou2
bell tower; campanile; clock tower; Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
钟楼怪人鐘樓怪人zhong1 lou2 guai4 ren2
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果