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层楼 meaning in English

cénglóu

multistoried building; tower

Traditional 層樓20 strokes

Meaning of 层楼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cénglóu
  1. multistoried building
  2. tower
  3. pagoda

层楼 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ住zhù在zài哪nǎ层céng楼lóu？
What floor do you live on?
她tā住zhù在zài一yī栋dòng两liǎng层céng楼lóu的de房fáng子zi。
She lives in a two-story house.
这zhè栋dòng建jiàn筑zhù物wù有yǒu七qī层céng楼lóu高gāo。
The building is seven stories high.
他tā在zài阿ā尔ěr及jí利lì亚yà的de卡kǎ比bǐ利lì亚yà有yǒu一yī栋dòng两liǎng层céng楼lóu的de房fáng子zi。
He has a two-story house in Kabylie, Algeria.
我wǒ的de办bàn公gōng室shì在zài那nà幢chuáng灰huī色sè的de六liù层céng楼lóu的de四sì楼lóu。
My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

层 céng · to pile on top of one another · 7 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 层楼.

楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
教学楼jiàoxuélóuschool building; academic building
大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
楼梯lóutīstair; staircase
上楼shàng lóuto go upstairs
下楼xià lóuto go downstairs
层次céngcìlayer; level
高层gāocénghigh-rise; high level; high class
层面céngmiànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)
楼房lóufánga building of two or more stories
楼道lóudàocorridor; passageway (in storied building)

Questions about 层楼

What does 层楼 mean?

层楼 (cénglóu) means "multistoried building; tower".

How do you write 层楼?

层楼 is made of 2 characters: 层 (7 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 层楼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 层楼 is written 層樓.