高 gāo
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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) -
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) -
gāo
noun
height
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
Notes: Synonymous with 高度 in this sense (Guoyu '高' n 1) -
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) -
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) -
gāo
adjective
fine; good
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 优良 (Guoyu '高' adj 3) -
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) -
gāo
adjective
expensive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 高价 (Guoyu '高' adj 4) -
gāo
proper noun
Gao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '高' n 3) -
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) -
gāo
verb
to be respected; to be eminent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '高' 2, p. 129) -
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
- 非高峰 off-peak
- 音高 pitch; tone
- 高峰 peak; summit ; high point; height of popularity
- 高升 to get a promotion
- 高朗 loud and clear; bright and clear
- 高悬(高懸) hang high
- 高风(高風) wind at a high place ; lofty personal character
- 高年 old; aged
- 拉高 to pull up
- 高二 eleventh grade
- 高山岭雀(高山嶺雀) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti)
- 高卢语(高盧語) Gaulish or Gallic
- 外高加索 Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
- 高维代数簇(高維代數簇) higher dimensional algebraic variety
- 高层旅馆(高層旅館) luxury hotel; high-class hotel
- 唱高调(唱高調) to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
- 高寒 high and cold
- 曲高和寡 difficult songs find few singers ; highbrow
- 高陵勿向 do not advance uphill [against the enemy]
- 高高兴兴(高高興興) cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily
- 高温超导体(高溫超導體) high-temperature superconductor
- 高热量(高熱量) high calorie (foodstuff); high heat content
- 情绪高扬(情緒高揚) in high spirits
- 限高架 height restriction barrier
- 心高气傲(心高氣傲) proud and arrogant
- 高扬(高揚) arrogant ; to ignore
- 高压线(高壓線) high tension power line
- 志高气扬(志高氣揚) high-spirited and smug
- 放言高论(放言高論) free discussion
- 最高法 The Supreme People's Court
- 超高频(超高頻) Ultrahigh Frequency (UHF)
- 在高处(在高處) aloft
- 不识高低(不識高低) can't recognize tall or short; doesn't know what's what
- 高压氧治疗(高壓氧治療) hyperbaric medicine; hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
- 创下高票房(創下高票房) to set a box office record
- 打高尔夫球(打高爾夫球) to play golf
- 历史新高(歷史新高) all-time high
- 高估 to overestimate; to overrate
- 撑杆跳高(撐桿跳高) pole vaulting
- 高垒深堑(高壘深塹) a high rampart and a deep moat
- 高价(高價) high price ; very good reputation
- 高速率 high speed
Also contained in
高适 、 高速缓存 、 高平县 、 高贵公 、 高唐县 、 高德纳 、 高丽忠惠王 、 诸高山 、 高邮市
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 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
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
- 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
- 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