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高龄

gāo líng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 高齡

高龄 (gāo líng) means "elderly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 高龄 means

1. elderly

The characters in 高龄

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 龄língage; length of experience, membership etc

Example sentences

• 这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什么差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。
  Zhè cì dàxuǎn chuàngzào le duō xiàng dìyī, yě dànshēng le hěn duō jiāng shìdài liúchuán de gùshi. dànshì jīntiān wǎnshang lìng wǒ nánwàng de quèshì zài Yàtèlándà tóupiào de yī míng fùnǚ: ān - Níkèsōng - kù bō ěr. tā hé qítā shùbǎiwàn páiduì děngdài tóupiào de xuǎnmín méiyǒushénme chābié, chúle yīdiǎn: tā yǐ shì 106 suì de gāolíng.
  This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
• 这次大选创造了多项第一，也诞生了很多将世代流传的故事。但是今天晚上令我难忘的却是在亚特兰大投票的一名妇女：安-尼克松-库波尔。她和其他数百万排队等待投票的选民没有什幺差别，除了一点：她已是106岁的高龄。
  This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

Sounds the same

Read gāo líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高陵see 高陵区

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