Chinese symbol for “arcade”
骑楼
qí lóu
Traditional: 騎樓
arcade (architecture)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arcade is 骑楼 (qí lóu), defined as: arcade (architecture).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骑楼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骑士 (騎士) | qí shì | knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc) |
| 骑兵 (騎兵) | qí bīng | cavalry |
| 骑马 (騎馬) | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 骑车 (騎車) | qí chē | to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle) |
| 骑行 (騎行) | qí xíng | to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc); cycling; horseback riding; motorbike riding |
| 骑手 (騎手) | qí shǒu | horse rider; equestrian |
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 楼下 (樓下) | lóu xià | downstairs |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arcade”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.