高

gāo

high

surname Gao; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)

a picture of 高 → tall structure rising high

The character originally depicted a tiered palace or tower with a gate at the base and a peaked roof above. Height and grandeur were its essence from the start.

亠+口+冋→高

这座山很高,我们爬了很久。

zhè zuò shān hěn gāo, wǒ men pá le hěn jiǔ.

This mountain is very tall; we climbed for a long time.

他的声音太高,整栋楼都听得见。

tā de shēng yīn tài gāo, zhěng dòng lóu dōu tīng de jiàn.

His voice is too loud; the whole building can hear it.

Words with 高

兴高采烈

xìng gāo cǎi liè

happy and excited (idiom)

高云

gāo yún

Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty

制高点

zhì gāo diǎn

(military) high ground

高热量

gāo rè liàng

high calorie (foodstuff)

高唐

gāo táng

Gaotang county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong

高雄

gāo xióng

Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan

高居

gāo jū

to stand above

清高

qīng gāo

noble and virtuous

高等法院

gāo děng fǎ yuàn

High Court

高挑

gāo tiǎo

raised high

高管

gāo guǎn

senior executive; senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1 ji2 guan3 li3 ren2 yuan2])

米高扬

mǐ gāo yáng

Mikoyan (name)

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