gāo

high, tall; lofty, elevated

HSK 1 #134

DEFINITIONS

高 gāo
  • surname Gao
  • high
  • tall
  • above average
  • loud
  • your (honorific)

STROKES

WORDS

价 gāo jià high price
官 gāo guān high official
烧 gāo shāo fever; high temperature
无上 zhì gāo wú shàng supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
血压 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure; hypertension
法院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court
下 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
估 gāo gū to overestimate; to overrate
考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
人一等 gāo rén yī děng a cut above others; superior
低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end
额 gāo é high quota; large amount
薪 gāo xīn high salary
qīng gāo noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits
见 gāo jiàn wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)
潮 xìng gāo cháo orgasm; climax
利 gāo lì high interest rate; usurious
举 gāo jǔ to lift up; to hold high
加索 gāo jiā suǒ Caucasus; Caucasian
峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period; rush hour
声 gāo shēng aloud; loud; loudly
音 nǚ gāo yīn soprano
fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
气扬 zhǐ gāo qì yáng high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries