01105 Chinese character of 樓 and pronounce lau4

The Chinese character【樓】is used to describe buildings or places, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Building or number of floors. Explanation: A house with two or more floors. For example: “building”, “high-rise building”, “skyscraper”.

Below, you can see how this Chinese character is pronounced.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【樓】:lóu

Cantonese Jyutping of 【樓】:lau4/lau2

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【樓】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【樓】, for example:Describing a building or place , It mainly means the number of buildings or floors .The depth of meaning in Chinese characters encompasses intricate interpretations, some of which may be difficult to fully articulate here.

【樓】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【高樓、樓房】(Mandarin Pinyin:gāo lóu 、lóu fáng/ Cantonese Jyutping:gou1 lau4 、lau4 fong4)

To form this character, you need 15 strokes,It is a more advanced Chinese character that is essential for daily use,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


他住在一棟十層高的樓房裡。

He lives in a ten-story building.


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