Chinese symbol for “skyscraper”
摩天大楼
mó tiān dà lóu
Traditional: 摩天大樓
skyscraper; measure word: 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skyscraper is 摩天大楼 (mó tiān dà lóu), defined as: skyscraper; measure word: 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “skyscraper”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摩天楼 (摩天樓) | mó tiān lóu | skyscraper; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 摩天大厦 (摩天大廈) | mó tiān dà shà | skyscraper; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 高楼 (高樓) | gāo lóu | high building; multistory building |
| 高层建筑 (高層建築) | gāo céng jiàn zhù | high-rise building; skyscraper |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 摩天大楼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 按摩 | àn mó | massage; to massage |
| 摩托车 (摩托車) | mó tuō chē | (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; 辆 (liàng),部 (bù) |
| 摩擦 | mó cā | friction; rubbing |
| 摩托 | mó tuō | (loanword) motor; (loanword) motorbike; motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托车 (mó tuō chē)) |
| 摩尔 (摩爾) | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 观摩 (觀摩) | guān mó | to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example) |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skyscraper”.
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.