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HSK 6
HSK 3
高
gāo
1.
high
2.
tall
3.
above average
4.
loud
5.
your (honorific)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
上高
Shànggāo
Shanggao county in Yichun [[宜春]], Jiangxi
偏高
piāngāo
to be on the high side
凡高
FánGāo
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
垫高
diàngāo
a support
增高
zēnggāo
to heighten
孤高
gūgāo
arrogant
崇高
chónggāo
majestic
抬高
táigāo
to raise (price etc)
拉高
lāgāo
to pull up
拔高
bágāo
to raise (one's voice)
提高
tígāo
to raise
升高
shēnggāo
to raise
梵高
FánGāo
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
乐高
Lègāo
Lego (toys)
标高
biāogāo
elevation
清高
qīnggāo
noble and virtuous
临高
Língāo
Lin'gao County, Hainan
自高
zìgāo
to be proud of oneself
至高
zhìgāo
paramount
赵高
ZhàoGāo
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
Example Sentences (6)
马可比我高，我比马可矮一点儿。
Mǎkě bǐ wǒ gāo, wǒ bǐ Mǎkě ǎi yìdiǎnr.
Marco is taller than me; I'm a little shorter than Marco.
Text 1
别客气，你女儿长得白白的，胖胖的，真可爱！现在多高了？
Bié kèqi, nǐ nǚ'ér zhǎng de bái bái de, pàng pàng de, zhēn kě'ài! Xiànzài duō gāo le?
You're welcome. Your daughter looks fair and chubby, really cute! How tall is she now?
Text 2
山越高，路越难走。我也越爬越冷。
shān yuè gāo, lù yuè nán zǒu. wǒ yě yuè pá yuè lěng.
The higher the mountain, the harder the road is to walk. I also get colder the more I climb.
Text 3
不是。那个又高又漂亮的女孩子是二年级的。
Bù shì. Nà ge yòu gāo yòu piàoliang de nǚ háizi shì èr niánjí de.
No. That tall and pretty girl is a second-year student.
Text 1
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 133
- Word Frequency Rank
- 331 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 189