一楼

一樓
yīlóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 first floor (ground floor)
  2. 2 downstairs

Examples

Biànlìdiàn jiù zài yī lóu dàtīng.
The convenience store is right in the first-floor lobby.
Yī lóu zhù qǐlái cháo, wǒmen xuǎn le sān lóu.
The ground floor gets damp to live in, so we picked the third floor.

Tips

mistakes
In mainland Chinese usage, 一楼 = the floor at street level (American 'first floor', British 'ground floor'). 二楼 is one flight up. This differs from British English / European numbering — don't translate floor numbers literally between systems.

Stroke Order

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