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高
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Definitions
- 1. high
- 2. tall
- 3. above average
- 4. loud
- 5. your (honorific)
Example Sentences
1 shown高 興嗎？
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 高
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat)
to speak highly of sb
to be proud of oneself
Golgi complex (in cell biology)
aged
peak of excitement
contour line
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
uneven bars (gymnastics)
senior executive
student of great ability
a cut above others
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
altitude sickness
Gaotai county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu
slit dress
a support
lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
to raise
Yanggao county in Datong 大同[dà tóng], Shanxi
high place
high price
see 秋高氣爽|秋高气爽[qiū gāo qì shuǎng]
summit meeting
proud
altitude sickness
plateau
high position
high leg swimsuit
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
Gaoqing county in Zibo 淄博[zī bó], Shandong
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view
Gaotang county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
too high
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position
higher education record
heat-resistant
arrogant
(coll.) to be the object of flattery
soprano
see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú]
high definition (television etc)
surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
extremely difficult
fever
high speed
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician
Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong
Yanggao county in Datong 大同[dà tóng], Shanxi
wise opinion
colleges and universities
tied up in a bundle on a high shelf
to get drunk
dainty
paramount
high yielding
perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
polymer chemistry
high-sounding speech
high pressure washer
to raise (one's voice)
to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
top-notch efficiency
expensive
to highlight (computing)
(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
to raise (price etc)
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
Gigabit Ethernet
expert
wage ceiling
altocumulus
acrophobia
high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
elevated road
to lift up
high-arched feet
lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
Caucasus Mountains
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces
tall; lofty; towering
tall building
(idiom) teeming with experts
happy
ultra high speed
efficient
high quota
high energy particle
altostratus
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
high in score but low in ability (as a result of teaching to the test)
to raise
high-level
methemoglobin
goblet
aloud
clear and refreshing autumn weather
Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
Lingao County, Hainan
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
arrogant
hyperglycemia
hyperbaric oxygen
Michael (name)
to play golf
peak period
Gaoling county in Xi'an 西安[xī ān], Shaanxi
tall person
high altitude sickness
a senior monk
high technology
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
high-heeled shoes
can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
good-looking
Gundam, Japanese animation franchise
Gao county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[yí bīn], Sichuan
Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan
Golgi apparatus
to get a promotion
to pull up
to attach importance to sth
Gaotai county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010
(bird species of China) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli)
of great talent (idiom)
Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist
to hire at a high salary
Gorkii (name)
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
to travel far
Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter
enigmatic
majestic
Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong city in south Taiwan
social climbing
lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer
high salary, generous remuneration
see 明鏡高懸|明镜高悬[míng jìng gāo xuán]
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
high ball
high hurdle
to surge up
distinguished neighbor (honorific)
height
high-handed (measures)
high-rise building
anti-aircraft gun
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
high tension power line
to compete against
higher authority
high density
cheerful and optimistic
Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[gāng shān xiàn], Japan
to jump
clear soup
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
high commissioner
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
anticlimax
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
Korean (derog.)
Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾[kù]
student of a senior high school
Gaobeidian, county-level city in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei
brilliant student
equally matched
maximum amount
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term)
executive
tall building
golf course
exuberant
professional school
main hall
Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong county in southwest Taiwan
large and spacious
all-time high
Gaomi, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊[wéi fāng], Shandong
Supreme Soviet
high court
Gao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[gāo gōu lí] extraction, active in Central Asia
Gaoqing county in Zibo 淄博[zī bó], Shandong
Shan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)
high energy (physics)
further math
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[lǐ yuān] (566-635), reigned 618-626
high level
tower
Rhodeus ocellatus (small carp)
bread flour
an octave higher (music)
Eastern Myanmar plateau
\Mr Perfect\ (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang)
tall boots
lit. place on a high shelf
red sorghum
high frequency
Gaobeidian, county-level city in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei
Gaozhou, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong
erect
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[zhāng yì móu]
highest true (non-falsetto) voice
pitch (music)
noble and virtuous
high mountain; alpine mountain
senior high school
senior high school student
haute couture
height restriction barrier
altitude sickness
each new high point replaced by another
biopolymers
to stand above
grandeur
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
Gao'an, county-level city in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
high and low
Caucasus
high-risk group (med.)
(a person's) height
cache (computing)
moral high ground
pole vault
to make a clarion call
expressway
cache (computing)
to sing loudly
James Gosling (1955-), Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Java programming language
falsetto, same as 假聲|假声
higher education
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
Gregorian calendar
high-lift pallet truck; pallet stacker
elevation
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth
high pressure
high ranking
altitude (e.g. above street level)
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
Gaoyang county in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei
Gaomi, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊[wéi fāng], Shandong
high official
Golgi apparatus
alpine district
high interest rate
Lego (toys)
Gaotang county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
senior high school
potassium permanganate
tenor part
(math.) higher dimensional
the Aswan dam in south Egypt
set up on high (idiom); not in touch with reality
to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
(math.) higher dimensional space
tenor
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom)
imitation
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
high explosive
to set a box office record
go-kart (loanword)
excellent
(bird species of China) Chinese fulvetta (Fulvetta striaticollis)
(of boots, socks etc) long; high; tall
aloft
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)
happy and excited (idiom)
cabbage
high efficiency
gaoqiang, high-pitched opera singing style
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
high altitude
high risk area
highball
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
high pitch
(slang) high-end, elegant, and classy
to harangue
(architecture) high-ceilinged
ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom)
luxury hotel
(idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
to work high above the ground
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
to have high standards but little ability
high blood fat disease
(of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence
a fever
Kaoshu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
high risk
reserved
Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[gāng shān xiàn], Japan
senior student
(bird species of China) stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
great talent; rare capability
Lingao County, Hainan
high tide; high water
to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
universities and colleges
lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
high salary
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙[hóng xī]
orgasm
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
Gaoping, county-level city in Jincheng 晉城|晋城[jìn chéng], Shanxi
highly efficient
stilts
to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
Cambodia
anti-aircraft machine gun
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
to overestimate
tall
elderly
polymer
Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia
noble
when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
highly enriched uranium (HEU)
high definition television HDTV
pressure cooker
high resolution
enlightening remarks (honorific)
a high (i.e. local maximum)
alternately soaring and plunging
high salary
peak
to rise high; to spring up
(bird species of China) Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana)
high level
high-top (shoes)
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)
tweeter
high level
Qualcomm
Gaoping County in southern Shanxi
haughty and arrogant
golf (loanword)
tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation
absolute temperature
Gregory or Grigory (name)
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Catalan architect
high performance
to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
Takahashi (name)
high jump (athletics)
top gear
high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
to be on the high side
high marks
Koryo ginseng
Gaoyou, county-level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[yáng zhōu], Jiangsu
Kaoshu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
to sing loudly
sweet sorghum
golf course
blast furnace
high definition digital television
to climb step by step
golf
height
(slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant \Danger! High energy up ahead!\ — a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
high card (poker)
my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place
disco (loanword)
Pamir high plateau on the border between Xinjiang and Tajikistan
(computing) high-level language
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits
Korean Goryeo Dynasty, 918-1392
Isao Takahata (1935-2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli
Gaochun county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu
haughty
to walk on stilts
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs
hyperbaric medicine
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
very high frequency (VHF)
Gaul
excellent
(slang) high-end
sorghum
high-level (ability)
noble and clean-living
forklift
great-great-grandmother
masterly
orgasm
high performance
honorific: Your distinguished disciple
Mikoyan (name)
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
towering
Gaoyi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location
sweet sorghum
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist
altitude sickness
supreme power
wise move
Please do not be too severe on me!
highest level
High Court
promotion (honorific)
high voltage
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view
Gaoling county in Xi'an 西安[xī ān], Shaanxi
to play golf
high official
Loess Plateau of northwest China
high trestle bridge
(math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety
height (i.e. whether short or tall)
acrophobia
(bird species of China) bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous
loud and clear
tallest
white coat hypertension
longevity
loan shark
Gaulish or Gallic (language)
senior staff officer; staff officer of great talent
renown
Gaoping, city in 山西[shān xī]
high blood pressure
upper register
student of great ability
highland
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
Goofy (friend of Mickey Mouse)
Golan Heights
Gaogang district of Taizhou city 泰州市[tài zhōu shì], Jiangsu
Gaogang district of Taizhou city 泰州市[tài zhōu shì], Jiangsu
higher algebra
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)
supreme court
to shout loudly
greater than
Supreme Court of the United States
Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
new high
to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
advanced class of primary school
high speed rail
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
high definition (instruments)
a person of virtue and prestige
high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
profound mystery
held high
Gaoping district of Nanchong city 南充市[nán chōng shì], Sichuan
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)
(bird species of China) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti)
Khmer Rouge, Cambodian political party
Taiwanese aborigines (PRC)
it's lonely at the top (idiom)
high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense
see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]
to strut about
high street (main street of a town or city) (loanword)
Gao'an, county-level city in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
profound
to sleep peacefully (idiom)
superior quality
Gaoyao, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position
to heighten
KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
very able person
high building
to burn incense
high speed
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治[lǐ zhì] (628-683), reigned 649-683
macromolecule
senior military officers
high quality
high and wide
proud and arrogant
Colgate (brand)
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
high energy
Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
stool; high chair
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs
Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist
Gaoping district of Nanchong city 南充市[nán chōng shì], Sichuan
Thai ginger
the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977
kaolin (clay)
lofty
supreme
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
in grand style
to shout loudly
off-peak
highest voice
fever
Gaozong, the temple name of various emperors, notably 唐高宗[táng gāo zōng], 宋高宗[sòng gāo zōng] and 清高宗[qīng gāo zōng] (aka 李治[lǐ zhì], 趙構|赵构[zhào gòu] and 乾隆[qián lóng] respectively)
high fidelity
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects)
great-great-grandfather
a high-class upright character (idiom)
to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
pole-vaulting
high precision
high fiber
great talent
difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
to move to a better job
Gaoyao, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
Gaochun county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
college entrance exam (abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)
Gaoyi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
highly skilled in martial arts
high cadre
high-spirited and smug
high-end
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392
high temperature
high tech; high technology
highly pathenogenic
to sing the high part
the tide
to be generous (idiom)
Gaoyou, county-level city in Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[yáng zhōu], Jiangsu
higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)
(bird species of China) yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides)
high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc)
orgasm
Gaozhou, county-level city in Maoming 茂名, Guangdong
tall and strong
Mile High Club
high speed network
overhead
high and steep
high tech
high calorie (foodstuff)
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
to go far
Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山
high cost
summit conference