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高
gāo
1. high
2. tall
3. above average
4. loud
5. your (honorific)
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

高
gāo
tall, lofty; high, elevated
HSK 1 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

高台
Gāotái
Gaotai county in Zhangye [[張掖|张掖<Zhāngyè>]], Gansu
高宗
Gāozōng
Gaozong Emperor, Temple name of the tenth Song Emperor Zhao Gou [[趙構|赵构<ZhàoGòu>]] (1107-1187 AD), reigned (1127-1162 AD)
高估
gāogū
to overestimate
高参
gāocān
senior staff officer
高地
gāodì
highland
高安
Gāoān
Gao'an county level city in Yichun [[宜春]], Jiangxi
高中
gāozhōng
senior high school
高仿
gāofǎng
imitation
高低
gāodī
height
高原
gāoyuán
plateau
高呼
gāohū
to shout loudly
高喊
gāohǎn
to shout loudly
高塔
gāotǎ
tower
高妙
gāomiào
masterly
音高
yīngāo
pitch (music)
高下
gāoxià
relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
高中
gāozhòng
congrats! (on passing an exam)
高人
gāorén
very able person
高位
gāowèi
high position
清高
qīnggāo
noble and virtuous

Example Sentences (6)

大山，你和马可谁个子高？
Dàshān, nǐ hé Mǎkě shéi gèzi gāo?
Dashan, who is taller, you or 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 báibái de,pàngpàng de,zhēn kě'ài!Xiànzài duō gāo le?
You're welcome, your daughter looks fair-skinned and chubby, really cute! How tall is she now?
Text 2
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
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
太高了，往下看多害怕啊！
Tài gāo le, wǎng xià kàn duō hàipà a!
It's so high; looking down is so scary!
Text 1

Alternate Entries

高
Gāo
surname Gao
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
133
Word Frequency Rank
331 of 84,292
Radical Number
189