樓 (lau4) — multi-storey building in Cantonese
lauˎ₄樓简 楼
Mandarin Pinyin: lou2
Meaning of 樓
nounmulti-storey building
nounfloor; level (of a building)
nounarch way; tower
Example Sentences with 樓
有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
騎樓嘅花盆危危乎，隨時都會跌落去噉
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.
香港同新加坡人都見慣高樓大厦
People of Hong Kong and Singapore are used to seeing high rise buildings.
收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁!
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!
heoi˗₃去lauˎ₄樓haaˍ₆下siuˊ²小sikˍ₆食dim˗₃店
Go to the snack shop downstairs.
Words Containing 樓
嘈到拆樓cou4 dou3 caak3 lau2
to be very noisy
石屎樓sek6si2 lau2
a building constructed of concrete and steel
落樓下lok6 lau4 haa6
go downstairs
山雨欲來風滿樓saan1 jyu5 juk6 loi4 fung1 mun5 lau4
before a big storm there's signs pointing to what is about to come - the wind blowing through a tower precedes the storm in the mountains
一樓jat1 lau2
ground floor (UK); first floor (US). | Generally marked as G/F in Hong Kong. | In Hong Kong, offices or shops on the ground floor are said to be at 地下 /dei6 haa2/ which may confuse Mandarin-speakers as "地下" in addresses in China means basement or underground.
危樓ngai4 lau4
dangerous premises
問題樓宇man6 tai4 lau4 jyu5
dangerous buildings
紅樓夢hung4 lau4 mung6
Dream of the Red Chamber
舊樓gau6 lau2
an old building (built before 1946)
萬丈高樓從地起maan6 zoeng6 gou1 lau4 cung4 dei6 hei2
the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step (lit., "skyscrapers go up from (what was once) flat earth")
高樓大廈gou1 lau4 daai6 haa6
high buildings and large mansions
中式酒樓zung1 sik1 zau2 lau4
a Chinese restaurant
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