(gāo) - tall, high; loud (of sound) in Mandarin
gāoTraditional: 高
Translation
tall, high; loud (of sound)
Word origin
A pictograph of a tall building or watchtower, giving the meaning 'tall, high'. It also serves as a phonetic element in many other characters.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 高 (pictograph of a tall tower)
Stroke order
高
Examples
。
He is very tall.
，。
The mountain is very high, we cannot climb it.
。
Please don't speak too loudly.
座。
This mountain is extremely tall.
。
He is a little taller than me.
高 (gāo) is a fundamental adjective meaning tall or high. It describes height (高楼, tall building; 高山, high mountain) and by extension, elevated levels in various domains (高温, high temperature; 高价, high price; 高兴, happy - literally high-spirited). For volume it means loud. As a surname 高 is common. The antonym is 低 (dī, low/short for objects - 矮 ǎi is used for people's height).
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 高.
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