gāo

high; tall; above average

HSK 1 #134

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 134th character
Radical ⾼ (189.0)
Strokes 10
Index # 2021

Definitions

高 gāo
  1. 1. high
  2. 2. tall
  3. 3. above average
  4. 4. loud
  5. 5. surname Gao
  6. 6. your (honorific)

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Words containing 高

Word Meaning
high price
high official
high temperature; fever
supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
high blood pressure; hypertension
supreme court
higher or lower; better or worse
to overestimate; to overrate
China’s national college entrance exam
superior; a cut above others
height; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever
large amount; high quota
high salary
aloof from politics and material pursuits
wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)
orgasm; climax
high interest rate; usurious
to hold high; to lift up
Caucasian; Caucasus
rush hour; peak period
loud; loudly; aloud
soprano
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
(fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries