唐樓

tong4 lau4*2

old Chinese buildings (without lift)

樓價

lau4 gaa3

property value; price of flats, apartments, or buildings

曲尺樓梯

kuk1 cek3 lau4 tai1

staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase

五角大樓官員

ng5 gok3 daai6 lau4*2 gun1 jyun4

Pentagon official

酒樓

zau2 lau4

Chinese restaurant (especially for dim sum)

層樓

cang4 lau4

multistoried building; tower, pagoda

樓底

lau4 dai2

(noun) the distance from the floor to ceiling in an apartment

一樓一

jat1 lau4 jat1

a one woman brothel [written and colloquial]

跳樓價

tiu3 lau4*2 gaa3

steep discount (jump from tall building price)

高樓

gou1 lau4

skyscraper; tall building | Synon.: 大厦; 摩天樓

林小樓

lam4 siu2 lau4

Lin Hsiao-Lou

青樓

cing1 lau4*2

brothel, whorehouse, bordello

拆樓

caak3 lau4*2

to tear down a building; to be very noisy

發水樓

faat3 seoi2 lau4

(noun) an inflated building; an inflated apartment

舊樓

gau6 lau4*2

an old building (built before 1946)

鳳姐一樓一

fung6 ze2 jat1 lau4 jat1

a one-woman brothel

洋樓

joeng4 lau4*2

a foreign-style building (with lift)

高樓大廈

gou1 lau4 daai6 haa6

high buildings and large mansions

睇樓

tai2 lau4*2

showing (of a rental property to prospective clients)

政府樓

zing3 fu2 lau4*2

a government flat