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阁楼 meaning in English

gélóu

garret; loft

Traditional 閣樓22 strokes

Meaning of 阁楼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gélóu
  1. garret
  2. loft
  3. attic

阁楼 in example sentences

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

你nǐ在zài阁gé楼lóu上shàng做zuò了le什shén么me？
What were you doing in the attic?
汤tāng姆mǔ孩hái子zi们men在zài阁gé楼lóu。
Tom's kids were in the attic.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài阁gé楼lóu里lǐ。
Tom is in the attic.
阁gé楼lóu上shàng积jī了le灰huī。
Dust had accumulated in the attic.
他tā们men从cóng地dì下xià室shì到dào阁gé楼lóu都dōu打dǎ扫sǎo了le。
They cleaned everything, from the basement to the attic.

Stroke order for each character

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

阁 gé · cabinet · 9 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 阁楼.

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
楼房lóufánga building of two or more stories
楼道lóudàocorridor; passageway (in storied building)
写字楼xiězìlóuoffice building
内阁nèigé(government) cabinet
酒楼jiǔlóurestaurant

Questions about 阁楼

What does 阁楼 mean?

阁楼 (gélóu) means "garret; loft".

How do you write 阁楼?

阁楼 is made of 2 characters: 阁 (9 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

How is 阁楼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 阁楼 is written 閣樓.