The Chinese word for high is
高
gāo
Chinese Definition
| high | |
| 1. 高 |
Translations for high and their definitions
| 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) |
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