酒楼 jiǔlóu restaurant
How to remember 酒楼: 酒 liquor + 楼 building = restaurant.
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How it is used
- A (traditionally multi-story) 'restaurant', often for banquets and dim sum - 到酒楼吃饭 (dào jiǔlóu chīfàn) eat at a restaurant.
- Slightly grand/old-style word, common in Cantonese-influenced and southern usage and restaurant names.
- Compare 餐厅 (cāntīng, general dining room/restaurant) and 饭馆 (fànguǎn, small eatery); 酒楼 implies a larger, fancier sit-down place.