高 gāo

1. gāo adjective high; tall
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '高'; Guoyu '高' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '高' 1, p. 129; XHZD '高' 1, p. 221)
2. gāo noun Kangxi radical 189
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Tall (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '高' n 4)
3. gāo noun height
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: Synonymous with 高度 in this sense (Guoyu '高' n 1)
4. gāo noun superior in level; degree; rate; grade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: For example, 高手 expert (CC-CEDICT '高'; Guoyu '高' adj 2; XHZD '高' 1, p. 221)
5. gāo adjective high pitched; loud
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '高' adj 6; Kroll 2015 '高' 3, p. 130; XHZD '高' 1, p. 221)
6. gāo adjective fine; good
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 优良 (Guoyu '高' adj 3)
7. gāo adjective senior
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
   Notes: Synonymous with 年长 in this sense (Guoyu '高' adj 5; Kroll 2015 '高' 4, p. 130; XHZD '高' 2, p. 221)
8. gāo adjective expensive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 高价 (Guoyu '高' adj 4)
9. gāo proper noun Gao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '高' n 3)
10. gāo noun heights; an elevated place
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
    Notes: Synonymous with 高处 in this sense (Guoyu '高' n 2)
11. gāo verb to be respected; to be eminent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '高' 2, p. 129)
12. gāo verb to respect
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Synonymous with 尊崇 in this sense (Guoyu '高' v; Kroll 2015 '高' 2a, p. 129)

Contained in

• 高城深池 high walls and deep moat; impenetrable defense
• 高层大气(高層大氣) upper atmosphere
• 高山症 acute mountain sickness (AMS)
• 高能烈性炸药(高能烈性炸藥) high explosive
• 高能 high energy
• 债台高筑(債臺高築) lit. build a high desk of debt; heavily in debt
• 高致病性 highly pathenogenic
• 抬高 to raise (price etc)
• 唱高调(唱高調) to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
• 高高低低 high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
• 高论(高論) enlightening remarks (honorific); brilliant views
• 置诸高阁(置諸高閣) place on a high shelf; to pay no attention to
• 帕米尔高原(帕米爾高原) Pamirs
• 创下高票房(創下高票房) to set a box office record
• 高音 high pitch; soprano; treble
• 高甲戏(高甲戲) Gaojia opera
• 兴奋高潮(興奮高潮) peak of excitement; orgasm
• 孤高 arrogant
• 登高望远(登高望遠) to stand tall and see far; taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
• 高寒 high and cold
• 高筋面粉(高筋麵粉) bread flour; hard flour
• 最高级(最高級) relative adverb
• 高空病 high altitude sickness
• 情绪高扬(情緒高揚) in high spirits
• 高职院校(高職院校) professional school; higher vocational school
• 不高兴(不高興) phrase
• 高球杯 highball
• 高级职务(高級職務) high position; senior post
• 高纬度(高緯度) high latitude
• 高见(高見) wise opinion; enlightened view
• 音高 pitch; tone
• 年高 old
• 高果糖浆(高果糖漿) high-fructose corn syrup
• 高耸入云(高聳入雲) tall and erect, reaching through the clouds; used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
• 武林高手 martial arts expert

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Truncated for common words

• 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 88
• 卷二百四十 列傳第一百二十八 葉向高 劉一燝 韓爌 朱國祚 何宗彥 孫如游 Volume 240 Biographies 128: Ye Xianggao, Liu Yijing, Han Kuang, Zhu Guozuo, He Zongyan, Sun Ruyou History of Ming 明史 — count: 82
• 卷一百十八 列傳第六 諸王三 Volume 118 Biographies 6: Princes 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 75
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 65
• 卷一百〇六　列傳第四十四:　張暐子:行簡 賈益謙 劉炳 朮虎高琪 移剌塔不也 Volume 106 Biographies 44: Zhang Wei son: Xingjian, Jia Yiqian, Liu Bing, Pai Hugaoqi, Yi Latabuye History of Jin 金史 — count: 65
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 63
• 卷五　　魏本紀第五:　　敬宗孝莊帝 節閔帝 廢帝 孝武帝 西魏文帝 西魏廢帝 西魏恭帝 東魏孝靜帝 Volume 5 Wei Annals 5: Emperor Jingzong Xiaozhuang, Emperor Jiemin, Deposed Emperor, Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Wen of Western Wei, Deposed Emperor of Western Wei, Emperor Gong of Western Wei, Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 60
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 56
• 第七十八回 Chapter 78 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 46
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 46

Collocations

• 齐高 (齊高) 及齊高傒盟於防 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 47
• 高厚 (高厚) 高厚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 17
• 高子 (高子) 齊高子來盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 16
• 高固 (高固) 齊高固來逆叔姬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 16
• 高止 (高止) 齊高止 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 高曰 (高曰) 子高曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 9
• 使高 (使高) 使高克將兵而禦狄于竟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — count: 9
• 子高 (子高) 子高魴 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 高克 (高剋) 高克好利而不顧其君 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧清人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qing Ren — count: 7
• 高傒 (高傒) 管夷吾治于高傒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6