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大楼

dàlóu

building

A tall building with a small door
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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

Example phrases

  • 大楼很高。 Dàlóu hěn gāo. The building is very tall.
  • 他在大楼里。 Tā zài dàlóu lǐ. He is in the building.
  • 大楼门开了。 Dàlóu mén kāi le. The building door opened.

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