楼 (lóu) means Tall building (floor). Below are 24 of the 47 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个 楼 里有电梯。
Zhège lóu lǐ yǒu diàntī.
There is a lift in this building.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 楼
我们的教室在三 楼 。
Wǒmen de jiàoshì zài sān lóu.
Our classroom is on the third floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 楼
急诊在一 楼 。
Jízhěn zài yī lóu.
Emergency treatment is on the ground floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 急诊
内科在三 楼 。
Nèikē zài sān lóu.
Internal medicine is on the third floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 内科
洗手间在二 楼 。
Xǐshǒujiān zài èr lóu.
The toilets are on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 洗手间
复印机在二 楼 。
Fùyìnjī zài èr lóu.
The photocopier is on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 复印
接待处在一 楼 。
Jiēdài chù zài yī lóu.
The reception is on the ground floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 接待
这个 楼 有二十层。
Zhège lóu yǒu èrshí céng.
This building has twenty floors.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 层
会议在二 楼 举行。
Huìyì zài èr lóu jǔxíng.
The meeting is held on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举行
他背着孩子上 楼 。
Tā bēi zhe háizi shàng lóu.
He carried the child upstairs on his back.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 背
高 楼 耸立在江边。
Gāolóu sǒnglì zài jiāng biān.
Tall buildings tower beside the river.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 耸
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From the graded readers
我说不用，就上 楼 了。
wǒ shuō búyòng, jiù shàng lóu le / liǎo / liào.
I said there was no need and went on up.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
我住在十一 楼 ，只好走 楼 梯。
wǒ zhù zài shíyī lóu, zhǐhǎo zǒu lóutī.
I live on the eleventh floor, so I had to take the stairs.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
它在四 楼 ，每天上 楼 有点儿累。
tā zài sì lóu, měitiān shàng lóu yǒudiǎn ér lèi / léi / lěi.
It's on the fourth floor, so going up is a bit tiring.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
那天下午，我们 楼 的电梯坏了。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒmen lóu de / dì diàntī huàile.
That afternoon the lift in our building broke down.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
我说：“我也要上 楼 ，正好一起。”
wǒ shuō:" wǒ yě yāo shàng lóu, zhènghǎo yìqǐ."
I said, "I'm going up anyway — we may as well go together."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
她住在九 楼 ，我们一边走一边聊天。
tā zhù zài jiǔ lóu, wǒmen yībiān zǒu yībiān liáo tiān.
She lives on the ninth floor, and we chatted as we climbed.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
其实那六层 楼 我走得比平时还轻松。
qíshí nà / nèi liù céng lóu wǒ zǒu dé / děi / de bǐ píngshí hái / huán qīngsōng.
In fact those six floors felt lighter than usual.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
那时候我一百八十斤，走两层 楼 都累。
nàshí hòu wǒ yībǎi bāshí jīn, zǒu liǎng céng lóu dōu lèi / léi / lěi.
At the time I weighed ninety kilos and two flights of stairs tired me out.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我问她：“阿姨，您住几 楼 ？我帮您拿吧。”
wǒ wèn tā:" ā / ē yí, nín zhù jǐ / jī lóu? wǒ bāng nín ná bā."
I asked her, "Which floor are you on? Let me carry those."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
走出大 楼 的时候，我以为自己肯定没有机会了。
zǒu chū dà lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěndìng méiyǒu jīhuì le / liǎo / liào.
Walking out of the building, I was sure I'd blown it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the travel phrasebook
楼 appears in 47 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 楼
How is 楼 used in a sentence?
This page shows 47 sentences using 楼 (lóu, "Tall building (floor)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 楼 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 楼 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 楼 an HSK word?
Yes — 楼 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 楼?
The dictionary page for 楼 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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