楼 lóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 娄 a constellation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
楼下
lóuxià
downstairs
Characters in this word
下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 妈妈在楼下等我。 Māma zài lóuxià děng wǒ. Mom is waiting for me downstairs.
- 我在楼下。 Wǒ zài lóuxià. I'm downstairs.
- 楼下有个商店。 Lóuxià yǒu gè shāngdiàn. There's a shop downstairs.
Related words
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 楼 lóu building; floor
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 下班 xiàbān to finish work
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
- 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)