| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:层,座,栋 |
| 楼梯 | lóu tī | stair; staircase; CL:个 |
| 红楼梦 | Hóng lóu mèng | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels |
| 楼房 | lóu fáng | a building of two or more stories; CL:栋,幢,座 |
| 楼板 | lóu bǎn | floor; floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) |
| 大楼 | dà lóu | large building; CL:幢,座 |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 高楼 | gāo lóu | high building; multistory building; skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 城楼 | chéng lóu | city gate tower |
| 楼船 | lóu chuán | ship with several decks; turreted junk |
| 牌楼 | pái lou | decorated archway |
| 鼓楼 | gǔ lóu | a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc |
| 楼面 | lóu miàn | floor |
| 茶楼 | chá lóu | tearoom; teahouse; dimsum restaurant (Hong Kong) |
| 楼阁 | lóu gé | building; pavilion |
| 钟楼 | zhōng lóu | bell tower; campanile; clock tower; Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc; Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu |
| 楼台 | lóu tái | balcony; high building (esp. in poetry); tower |
| 楼顶 | lóu dǐng | top of a building |
| 阁楼 | gé lóu | garret; loft; attic |
| 楼道 | lóu dào | corridor; passageway (in storied building) |
| 上楼 | shàng lóu | to go upstairs |
| 世贸中心大楼 | Shì mào Zhōng xīn Dà lóu | World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists) |
| 五角大楼 | wǔ jiǎo dà lóu | the Pentagon |
| 五角大楼官员 | wǔ jiǎo dà lóu guān yuán | Pentagon official |
| 人去楼空 | rén qù lóu kōng | people are gone, the tower is empty; cf Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼, Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢, with theme the past will never return; nostalgia for old friends |
| 住宅楼 | zhù zhái lóu | residential building; CL:幢,座,栋 |
| 候机楼 | hòu jī lóu | airport departure terminal |
| 公寓大楼 | gōng yù dà lóu | apartment building |
| 公寓楼 | gōng yù lóu | apartment building; CL:座 |
| 出楼子 | chū lóu zi | variant of 出娄子 |
| 危楼 | wēi lóu | dangerous housing; building that is about to collapse |
| 吊楼 | diào lóu | a building supported on pillars projecting over a river; a mountain hut supported on pillars |
| 唐楼 | táng lóu | tenement house (esp. in southern China and Hong Kong) |
| 塔楼 | tǎ lóu | tower (of building) |
| 堕楼 | duò lóu | to jump to one's death |
| 宿舍楼 | sù shè lóu | dormitory building; CL:幢,座 |
| 写字楼 | xiě zì lóu | office building |
| 层楼 | céng lóu | multistoried building; tower; pagoda |
| 岳阳楼 | Yuè yáng lóu | Yueyang tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan 湖南岳阳, overlooking Dongting lake 洞庭湖; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow crane tower 黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei 湖北武汉 and Tengwang tower 滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi 江西南昌 |
| 岳阳楼记 | Yuè yáng lóu jì | On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹 |
| 岗楼 | gǎng lòu | watchtower; observation tower; police booth |
| 岳阳楼区 | Yuè yáng lóu qū | Yueyang tower district of Yueyang city 岳阳市, Hunan |
| 惹楼子 | rě lóu zi | variant of 惹娄子 |
| 捅楼子 | tǒng lóu zi | variant of 捅娄子 |
| 摩天大楼 | mó tiān dà lóu | skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 摩天楼 | mó tiān lóu | skyscraper; CL:座 |
| 教学楼 | jiào xué lóu | teaching block; school building |
| 智能大楼 | zhì néng dà lóu | intelligent building |
| 曲尺楼梯 | qū chǐ lóu tī | staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase |
| 更楼 | gēng lóu | watch tower; drum tower marking night watches |
