高樓大廈

tall building

surname Gao

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4]

surname Lou

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian

tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4]