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高楼 meaning in English

gāolóu

high building; multistory building

Traditional 高樓23 strokes

Meaning of 高楼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gāolóu
  1. high building
  2. multistory building
  3. skyscraper

Measure word: 座

高楼 in example sentences

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

从cóng窗chuāng户hù可kě以yǐ看kàn见jiàn高gāo楼lóu。
The high building can be seen from the window.
看kàn那nà栋dòng高gāo楼lóu。
Look at that tall building.
我wǒ家jiā的de旁páng边biān建jiàn了le一yī栋dòng高gāo楼lóu。
A tall building was built next to my house.
我wǒ们men面miàn前qián的de这zhè幢chuáng高gāo楼lóu是shì什shén么me？
What is that big building in front of us?
那nà是shì幢chuáng高gāo楼lóu，不bú是shì吗ma？
That is a high building, is it not?

Stroke order for each character

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

高 gāo · high · 10 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 高楼.

高兴gāoxìnghappy; glad
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
教学楼jiàoxuélóuschool building; academic building
高中gāozhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])
提高tígāoto raise; to increase
高级gāojíhigh level; high grade
高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway; highway; freeway
高速gāosùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
跳高tiàogāo(athletics) high jump
大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
楼梯lóutīstair; staircase

Questions about 高楼

What does 高楼 mean?

高楼 (gāolóu) means "high building; multistory building".

How do you write 高楼?

高楼 is made of 2 characters: 高 (10 strokes), 楼 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 高楼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 高楼 is written 高樓.