The Chinese word for plateau is
高原

gāo yuán

Chinese Definition

plateau
1. 名词. 高原
2. 名词. 平稳时期
3. 名词. 停滞时期
Components
高
1. tall; high
高原 - plateau
這座山特別高。 - This mountain is especially tall.
生得高嘅女仔 - a tall girl
唔好擺得咁高啦。 - Don't put it so high.
2. of high level; above average
很高的價格 - high price
高糖-量 - high sugar content
很高的標準 - very high standard
高年級 - higher/senior grades
我比他高一班。 - I am one year above him.
3. high place
居高臨下 - to occupy a high position and look down
4. loud
高歌 - to sing loudly
5. (geometry) altitude
求梯形的高 - find the altitude of the trapezium
6. (honorific) your
7. (chemistry) per-
高錳酸鉀 - potassium permanganate
8. , Gao (surname)
高適 - Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet)
9. (Min) Alternative form of 懸 (-, t=tall; high)
原
1. meadow; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness
2. source; origin; beginning
3. Original form of 源 (fountainhead; source)
4. basic; fundamental
5. original; primary
6. originally; at the beginning
7. to originate; to arise
8. to trace the source; to probe into
9. (literary, or in compounds) to forgive; to pardon
原諒 - to forgive
原宥 - to forgive
原goân情chêng - to forgive, MN
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