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    Counting floors or stories with the classifier 楼 (lóu)

    Location & Position
    Numbers & Quantity

    Structure

    Number + 楼

    Explanation

    楼 (lóu) is a measure word used to count the floors or stories of a building. For example, 这楼上 means "upstairs in this building." It can also function as a noun meaning "building" or "tower."

    Examples

    • 我住在三楼，每天都走楼梯。

      Wǒ zhù zài sān lóu, měitiān dōu zǒu lóutī.

      I live on the third floor and take the stairs every day.

    • 他的办公室在二十楼，必须坐电梯。

      Tā de bàngōngshì zài èrshí lóu, bìxū zuò diàntī.

      His office is on the twentieth floor, so he has to take the elevator.

    • 请到五楼会议室开会。

      Qǐng dào wǔ lóu huìyìshì kāihuì.

      Please go to the conference room on the fifth floor for the meeting.

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