Meaning of 大楼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- building (a relatively large, multistory one)
Measure word: 幢,座
How to use 大楼
大楼 is used for large multistory buildings such as office towers, hospitals, or government buildings. It often follows a name or purpose, like 办公大楼 (bàngōng dàlóu) office building. Example: 我们公司在那座大楼里。(Wǒmen gōngsī zài nà zuò dàlóu lǐ.) Our company is in that building.
大 (dà) means big, and 楼 (lóu) means a building with floors, so 大楼 is simply a big building with many stories. Picture a tall office tower and say "big floors-building."
Common mistake: Learners often use 大楼 for any building, including a small house or shop. For a house use 房子 (fángzi), and for a general building use 建筑 (jiànzhù). Also keep 楼 in the second tone (lóu), not the fourth.
大楼 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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楼 lóu · house with more than 1 story · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大楼.
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 教学楼 | jiàoxuélóu | school building; academic building |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 大量 | dàliàng | great amount; large quantity |
Questions about 大楼
What does 大楼 mean?
大楼 (dà lóu) means "building (a relatively large, multistory one)".
How do you write 大楼?
大楼 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 大楼 an HSK word?
Yes. 大楼 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大楼 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大楼 is written 大樓.
What measure word goes with 大楼?
The most common measure words are 座 (zuò) and 栋 (dòng), as in 一座大楼 (yí zuò dàlóu) or 一栋大楼 (yí dòng dàlóu). 座 sounds a little more formal.
What is the difference between 大楼 and 楼?
楼 alone can mean a building or a floor, as in 三楼 (sān lóu) third floor. 大楼 always means the whole building and stresses that it is large, so it is clearer when you mean the building itself.