Meaning of 楼下
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- downstairs
How to use 楼下
楼下 works as a place word. It can mean the floor below or the ground level outside a building, and it often comes with 在 (zài) or 去 (qù). Example: 我在楼下等你。(Wǒ zài lóuxià děng nǐ.) I'll wait for you downstairs.
楼 (lóu) means a building or floor, and 下 (xià) means below. Put them together and you get the floor below you, which is downstairs.
Common mistake: Learners often say 下楼 when they mean 楼下. 下楼 (xià lóu) is a verb meaning to go downstairs, while 楼下 (lóuxià) is the place downstairs. So you say 我下楼了 for "I went down" and 他在楼下 for "He is downstairs."
楼下 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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楼 lóu · house with more than 1 story · 13 strokes
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下 xià · down · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 楼下.
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 教学楼 | jiàoxuélóu | school building; academic building |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 留下 | liúxia | to leave behind; to stay behind |
Questions about 楼下
What does 楼下 mean?
楼下 (lóu xià) means "downstairs".
How do you write 楼下?
楼下 is made of 2 characters: 楼 (13 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 楼下 an HSK word?
Yes. 楼下 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 楼下 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 楼下 is written 樓下.
What is the opposite of 楼下?
The opposite is 楼上 (lóu shàng), upstairs. In online forums, 楼上 can also mean the person who posted just above you, and 楼下 can mean the next poster.
Can 楼下 mean outside the building?
Yes. In everyday speech, 楼下 often means the street level right outside your apartment building. For example, 楼下有一家超市 means there is a supermarket downstairs or right by the building.