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高

gāo

HSK 2 Character

What 高 means

1. high
2. tall
3. above average
4. loud
5. your (honorific)

Other readings

高 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gāosurname Gao

Example sentences

• 他高。
  He is tall.
• 她高。
  She is tall.
• 她很高兴
  She is very happy.
• 你多高？
  How tall are you?
• 价格高。
  Prices are high.
• 他很高。
  He is very tall.

Words starting with 高

• 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad; willing (to do sth)
• 高级gāo jíhigh level; high grade; advanced
• 高速gāo sùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路
• 高档gāo dàngsuperior quality; high grade; top grade
• 高考gāo kǎocollege entrance exam…
• 高潮gāo cháohigh tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc)
• 高峰gāo fēngpeak; summit; height
• 高尚gāo shàngnoble; lofty; refined
• 高明gāo míngbrilliant; superior; wise
• 高涨gāo zhǎngto surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
• 高超gāo chāoexcellent; superlative
• 高中gāo zhōngsenior high school (abbr. for 高级中学
• 高校gāo xiàouniversities and colleges; abbr. for 高等学校
• 高度gāo dùheight; altitude; elevation
• 高手gāo shǒuexpert; past master; dab hand
• 高大gāo dàtall; lofty; towering
• 高原gāo yuánplateau
• 高层gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class
• 高于gāo yúgreater than; to exceed
• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
• 高等教育gāo děng jiào yùhigher education
• 高贵gāo guìgrandeur; noble
• 高低gāo dīheight; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety…
• 高声gāo shēngaloud; loud; loudly

Words containing 高

• 提高tí gāoto raise; to increase; to improve
• 最高zuì gāotallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
• 崇高chóng gāomajestic; sublime
• 兴高采烈xìng gāo cǎi lièhappy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
• 身高shēn gāo(a person's) height
• 升高shēng gāoto raise; to ascend
• 新高xīn gāonew high
• 抬高tái gāoto raise (price etc)
• 清高qīng gāonoble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits
• 居高临下jū gāo lín xiàlit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)…
• 长高zhǎng gāoto grow taller
• 最高法院zuì gāo fǎ yuànsupreme court
• 至高无上zhì gāo wú shàngsupreme; paramount; unsurpassed
• 增高zēng gāoto heighten; to raise; to increase
• 凡高Fán gāoVincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
• 梵高Fàn gāoVincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter; also pr. Fán gāo
• 德高望重dé gāo wàng zhòng(idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
• 趾高气扬zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant
• 居高不下jū gāo bù xià(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
• 男高音nán gāo yīntenor (singing voice); a tenor
• 制高点zhì gāo diǎn(military) high ground; vantage point (providing a good view)…
• 女高音nǚ gāo yīnsoprano
• 远走高飞yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi(idiom) to go far away; to flee to a distant place
• 跳高tiào gāo(athletics) high jump

Characters that look like 高

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 某mǒusome; a certain; sb or sth indefinite
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 亮liàngbright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear
• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read gāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糕cake
• 膏ointment; paste
• 皋bank; marsh
• 篙pole for punting boats
• 羔lamb
• 睾(bound form) testicle
• 鼛large drum
• 槔used in 桔槔
• 櫜weapon case
• 髙variant of 高
• 槹variant of 槔