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Definition(s) for: 高楼大厦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
高楼大厦 gāo lóu dà shà - tall building

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 31,541 32,208 31,688

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gāo- surname Gao
gāo- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
lóu- surname Lou
lóu- house with more than 1 story
- storied building
- floor
- CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
xià- abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
shà- (bound form) tall building; mansion
- (bound form) rear annex; lean-to
- Taiwan pr. [xia4]

Other Words Containing 高楼大厦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
高楼大厦 - - 31,541 32,208 31,688