酒 jiǔ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 氵 water 酉 wine
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
酒楼
jiǔlóu
restaurant; Chinese restaurant
Characters in this word
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
- 那家老字号酒楼经过翻修后，仍保留了粤式点心的传统做法。 Nà jiā lǎozìhào jiǔlóu jīngguò fānxiū hòu, réng bǎoliú le Yuèshì diǎnxīn de chuántǒng zuòfǎ. After renovation, that long-established restaurant still retained the traditional methods for Cantonese dim sum.
- 周末我们全家去酒楼喝早茶。 Zhōumò wǒmen quánjiā qù jiǔlóu hē zǎochá. At the weekend our whole family goes to a restaurant for morning tea.
- 这家酒楼的位子很难订，常常要提前一个星期预约。 Zhè jiā jiǔlóu de wèizi hěn nán dìng, chángcháng yào tíqián yí gè xīngqī yùyuē. Tables at this restaurant are hard to get; you often have to book a week ahead.