高 (gou1 | gao1 gao4) : tall, high

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高

gou1

gao1 gao4

[1] high; tall [2] lofty [3] of a high level or degree; above the average [4] a Chinese family name [5] Kangxi radical 189

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#189)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

高

This word has been viewed 33423 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jun 2011 05:38

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擒高擒低 kam4 gou1 kam4 dai1 = climb up and down 粵

高麗 gou1lai6 gao1 li4 = Korean Goryeo 고려 dynasty, 918-1392 ; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture

高攀不上 gou1 paan1 bat1 soeng6 gao1 pan1 bu4 shang4 = to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)

高興 gou1 hing3 gao1 xing4 = happy

高潮 gou1 ciu4 gao1 chao2 = high tidal wave, climax

最高 zeoi3 gou1 zui4 gao1 = tallest; highest

提高 tai4 gou1 ti2 gao1 = to raise up

高地 gou1 dei6 gao1 di4 = highland; upland; (placename) Ko Dai

高低 gou1 dai1 gao1 di1 = height

高飛 gou1 fei1 gao1 fei1 = to soar; to fly high
See all 333 compounds (CantoDict reports 358 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 19 examples containing 高

我有六呎高。
I am six feet tall.

唔好擒咁高。粵
Don't climb so high.
[http://cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,126448,126464#msg-126464]

見到你很高興國
nice to meet you

你樖聖誕樹有幾高呀? 粵
How tall is your Christmas Tree?

你的聖誕樹有多高？國
How tall is your Christmas Tree?

摵高啲條褲粵
Pull up your trousers a little bit!

生產效率大大提高。
Productivity has risen greatly.

我估唔到佢有幾高粵
I'm not able to guess his height.
[See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]

邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.

你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。粵
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 高
Unicode code for this character: U+9ad8 (off-site link)

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