Chinese symbol for “downstairs”
楼下
lóu xià
Traditional: 樓下
downstairs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downstairs is 楼下 (lóu xià), defined as: downstairs.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 楼下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
| 楼上 (樓上) | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 高楼 (高樓) | gāo lóu | high building; multistory building |
| 办公楼 (辦公樓) | bàn gōng lóu | office building; measure word: 座 (zuò), 栋 (dòng) |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “downstairs”.
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.