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樓 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
Han character
樓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木 +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木中田女 (DLWV ), four-corner 45944 , composition ⿰木 婁 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 549 , character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15430
Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1279, character 4
Unihan data for U+6A13
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
樓
*ɡ·roː
摟
*roː, *ro
耬
*roː
僂
*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁
*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻
*roː
髏
*roː
蔞
*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻
*roː
艛
*ɡ·roː
膢
*roː, *ro
廔
*roː
嘍
*roː, *roːʔ
瞜
*roː, *ro
簍
*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺
*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜
*roː, *ro
褸
*roː, *roʔ
遱
*roː
謱
*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁
*roːʔ, *roʔ
甊
*roːʔ
塿
*roːʔ
漊
*roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤
*roːs, *ro
瘻
*roːs, *ro
擻
*sloːʔ
藪
*sloːʔ
籔
*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀
*ro
縷
*roʔ
屢
*ros
數
*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨
*klos
窶
*ɡloʔ
貗
*ɡloʔ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡ·roː ) : semantic 木 ( “ tree ” ) + phonetic 婁 ( OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : lóu (lou2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄌㄡˊ
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : лу (lu, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : lau4 , lau4-2
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : leu3 , leu3*
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : lèu
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : lêu2
Northern Min (KCR ) : lê
Eastern Min (BUC ) : làu / lèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : lâu / lô͘ / liô
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : lao5
Wu (Wugniu )
Note :
làu - vernacular;
lèu - literary.
Note :
lâu - vernacular;
lô͘/liô - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
樓
Reading #
1/1
No.
8453
Phonetic component
婁
Rime group
侯
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
樓
Old Chinese
/*ɡ·roː/
Definitions
樓
building (of two or more stories ) (Classifier : 棟 / 栋 m c ; 幢 m ; 躉 / 趸 c ; 間 / 间 c )
教學樓 / 教学楼 ― jiàoxuélóu ― classroom building
floor ; level (Classifier : 層 / 层 )
那個 房子 有 三 層 樓 。 [MSC , trad. ] 那个 房子 有 三 层 楼 。 [MSC , simp. ] Nàge fángzi yǒu sān céng lóu . That house has three floors .
我 住 喺 二 樓 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 我 住 喺 二 楼 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] ngo5 zyu6 hai2 ji6 lau4-2 . I live on the second floor .
( Hong Kong ) flat ; apartment (Classifier : 層 / 层 c )
賣 咗 層 樓 / 卖 咗 层 楼 [Cantonese ] ― maai6 zo2 cang4 lau4-2 ― to have sold one's flat
superstructure
城樓 / 城楼 ― chénglóu ― city gate tower
角樓 / 角楼 ― jiǎolóu ― corner tower (in Chinese architecture)
Used in the name of some businesses
銀樓 / 银楼 ― yínlóu ― jeweller’s shop
酒樓 / 酒楼 [Cantonese ] ― zau2 lau4 ― Chinese restaurant
青樓 / 青楼 ― qīnglóu ― brothel
( Internet slang ) comment ; post
9 樓 / 9 楼 ― 9 lóu ― comment #9
樓 主/ 楼 主 ― lóu zhǔ ― OP
蓋樓 / 盖楼 ― gàilóu ― to reply to a thread
借樓 問 一下 / 借楼 问 一下 ― jièlóu wèn yīxià ― post a question
a surname
Usage notes
( Hong Kong ) It may be ambiguous when referring to floors, as both UK and US systems were used in the past. Contemporary usage generally aligns with the UK usage.
The second usage is dated, but still commonly seen in older buildings.
To avoid this ambiguity, some may explicitly refer to floor numbers with Arabic numerals , such as:
1 字 樓 / 1 字 楼 [Cantonese ] ― jat1 zi6 lau4-2 ― the floor numbered as 1, i.e. first floor (UK)
This similarly applies to subsequent floors.
Synonyms
( floor ) : 層 / 层 (céng ), 樓層 / 楼层 (lóucéng )
( apartment ) : ( Mainland China, Taiwan ) 房 (fáng )
Compounds
Descendants
→ Thai: เหลา ( lǎo , “ restaurant ” )
→ Vietnamese: lầu
References
Japanese
Kanji
樓
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 楼 )
tower
turret
Readings
Korean
Hanja
樓 (eumhun 다락 루 ( darak ru ) , South Korea 다락 누 ( darak nu ) )
Hanja form? of 루 /누 ( “ building of two or more stories ” ) .
Vietnamese
Han character
樓 : Hán Nôm readings: lâu , lầu
( literary ) a multi-story building
floor (of a multi-level building)
circa 19th century , Dương Minh; Ðức Thị, "Thạch Sanh Lý Thông Thư ", lines 668-669
呢段公主沖宮,𨕭楼袩𨑜庄用𠬠埃 Này đoạn công chúa trong cung/ Trên lầu xem xuống chẳng dùng một ai. Now this part is of a princess in the palace, looking down from above without help from anyone.