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高原

gāo yuán

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 片

高原 (gāo yuán) means "plateau". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 高原 means

1. plateau

The characters in 高原

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 原yuánformer; original; primary

Example sentences

• 我们到达志贺高原时会下雪。
  Wǒmen dàodá Zhìhè Gāoyuán shí huì xiàxuě.
  It will be snowing when we arrive at Shiga Heights.
• 修学旅行，我们去了志贺高原滑雪。
  We went skiing in Shiga Kogen for our school trip.
• 这里种植有生菜、高丽菜和芹菜等高原蔬菜。
  Tableland vegetables are grown here, such as lettuce, cabbage, and celery.

Words starting with 高原

• 高原反应gāo yuán fǎn yìngaltitude sickness
• 高原山鹑gāo yuán shān chún(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
• 高原岩鹨gāo yuán yán liù(bird species of China) Altai accentor (Prunella himalayana)

Words containing 高原

• 黄土高原Huáng tǔ Gāo yuánLoess Plateau of northwest China
• 青藏高原Qīng Zàng gāo yuánQinghai-Tibetan plateau
• 帕米尔高原Pà mǐ ěr Gāo yuánthe Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
• 云贵高原Yún Guì gāo yuánYunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou…
• 东缅高原Dōng Miǎn gāo yuánEastern Myanmar plateau
• 鄂尔多斯高原È ěr duō sī Gāo yuánOrdos Plateau, Inner Mongolia
• 掸邦高原Shàn bāng gāo yuánShan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)

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