lóu

house with more than 1 story

surname Lou; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

wood (木) + 娄 (sound: lóu) = a wooden storied building

木 signals that the building is framed in wood, the primary construction material of traditional Chinese architecture. 娄 mainly contributes the sound lóu and does not carry a meaningful image here.

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我家住在这栋的三层。

wǒ jiā zhù zài zhè dòng lóu de sān céng。

My family lives on the third floor of this building.

那座有二十层,看起来很高。

nà zuò lóu yǒu èr shí céng,kàn qǐ lái hěn gāo。

That building has twenty floors and looks very tall.

Words with 楼

盖楼

gài lóu

to construct a building

酒楼

jiǔ lóu

restaurant

重楼

chóng lóu

multistory building

银楼

yín lóu

silverware store

自动楼梯

zì dòng lóu tī

escalator

钟楼

zhōng lóu

see 鐘樓區|钟楼区[Zhong1 lou2 Qu1]

钟楼区

zhōng lóu qū

Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

钟楼怪人

zhōng lóu guài rén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]

阁楼

gé lóu

garret

青楼

qīng lóu

(literary) brothel

顶楼

dǐng lóu

top floor

骑楼

qí lóu

arcade (architecture)

More characters with 木