lóu in a sentence

Tall building (floor)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 18 sentences

楼 (lóu) means Tall building (floor). Below are 18 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 里有电梯。

Zhège lóu lǐ yǒu diàntī.

There is a lift in this building.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

我们的教室在三

Wǒmen de jiàoshì zài sān lóu.

Our classroom is on the third floor.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

洗手间在二

Xǐshǒujiān zài èr lóu.

The toilets are on the second floor.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 洗手间

这个 有二十层。

Zhège lóu yǒu èrshí céng.

This building has twenty floors.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

这个 的电梯坏了。

Zhège lóu de diàntī huài le.

The lift in this building is broken.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 电梯

From the graded readers

我说不用,就上 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 ,只好走 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 ,每天上 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 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 ,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 ,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 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 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 ?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 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

每天晚上十一点左右, 上都会有很大的声音。

měitiān wǎnshang shíyī diǎn zuǒyòu, lóushang dōu huì yǒu hěndà de / dì shēngyīn.

Every night at around eleven there was a loud noise from upstairs.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs

走到三 的时候,我看见一位阿姨站在那里休息。

zǒudào sān lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ kànjiàn yī wèi ā / ē yí zhàn zài nàli xiūxi.

On the third floor I saw a woman standing there resting.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

From the travel phrasebook

早餐在二

Zǎocān zài èr lóu.

Breakfast is on the second floor.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

Questions about 楼

How is 楼 used in a sentence?

This page shows 18 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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