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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
lou2	lau4	lau4	house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / surname lou

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
大楼 Learn more	da4 lou2	daai6 lau4	daai6 lau4	building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
楼上 Learn more	lou2 shang4	lau4 seung5, seung6	lau4 soeng5, soeng6	upstairs
楼下 Learn more	lou2 xia4	lau4 ha5, ha6	lau4 haa5, haa6	downstairs
楼梯 Learn more	lou2 ti1	lau4 tai1	lau4 tai1	stair / staircase
上楼 Learn more	shang4 lou2	seung5, seung6 lau4	soeng5, soeng6 lau4	to go upstairs
楼房 Learn more	lou2 fang2	lau4 fong2, fong4	lau4 fong2, fong4	a building of two or more stories
高楼 Learn more	gao1 lou2	gou1 lau4	gou1 lau4	high building / multistory building / skyscraper

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Simplified	Pinyin	Used for
层	ceng2	floors (similar to 楼), layers
栋	dong4	houses or buildings
座	zuo4	mountains, bridges, big buildings

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.

The students sat in at the administrative building to protest against discrimination of race.

So blend the turrets and shadows there that all seems pendulous in air.

The adjacent apartment block screened the high wall of the dunes.

We've spent all day humping furniture up and down stairs.

Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived.

The building is impeccably modernist: glass, aluminium and grey.

Our honeymoon was two days in Las Vegas at a luxurious hotel called Le Mirage.

Welcome to my new website! It may not look much at the moment, but great oaks from little acorns grow!

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on