Meaning of 楼房
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- a building of two or more stories
Measure word: 棟|栋,幢,座
How to use 楼房
楼房 is a general word for buildings with two or more floors, often used to contrast with 平房 (píngfáng), single-story houses. It is common when talking about housing and how towns change. Example: 村里盖了很多新楼房。(Cūn lǐ gài le hěn duō xīn lóufáng.) Many new multi-story buildings have been built in the village.
楼 (lóu) has the wood radical 木 on the left, a reminder of floors stacked like a wooden frame, and 房 (fáng) means a house or room. Put them together and you get a house with several floors stacked up: a multi-story building.
Common mistake: Learners often use 楼房 to mean a single apartment or flat. 楼房 is the whole building. For your own unit, say 房子 (fángzi) or 公寓 (gōngyù). Also keep both tones rising: lóu and fáng are both second tone.
楼房 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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房 fáng · building · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 楼房.
| 房子 | fángzi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 房间 | fángjiān | room |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 教学楼 | jiàoxuélóu | school building; academic building |
| 住房 | zhùfáng | housing |
| 房租 | fángzū | rent for a room or house |
| 房屋 | fángwū | house; building |
| 房东 | fángdōng | landlord |
| 大楼 | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one) |
| 楼梯 | lóutī | stair; staircase |
| 上楼 | shàng lóu | to go upstairs |
Questions about 楼房
What does 楼房 mean?
楼房 (lóufáng) means "a building of two or more stories" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 楼房?
楼房 is made of 2 characters: 楼 (13 strokes), 房 (8 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
Is 楼房 an HSK word?
Yes. 楼房 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 楼房 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 楼房 is written 樓房.
What is the difference between 楼房 and 楼?
楼 alone is more common in daily speech and also works in names and floor numbers, such as 教学楼 (jiàoxuélóu) or 三楼 (sān lóu, third floor). 楼房 is a full noun for multi-story buildings as a type of structure, often used in contrast with 平房.
What measure word goes with 楼房?
Use 栋 (dòng) or 座 (zuò), for example 一栋楼房 (yí dòng lóufáng), one building. In speech, 幢 (zhuàng) is also heard in some regions.