DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

層樓

简层楼 · 繁層樓

Mandarin · pinyin céng lóu

multistoried building
tower
pagoda

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

層: Look up this written character
樓: Look up this written character
层: céng · story, layer, floor, stratum
楼: lóu · building of two or more stories

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2 · ceng2 lou2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

層樓 · find source passages ↗ · 层楼 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cang4 lau2

Cantonese word readings for 層樓. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack