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HSK
happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
HSK 1
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  *高* | 高* | *高
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
HSK 1
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
HSK 3
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
(athletics) high jump
HSK 3
(a person's) height
HSK 4
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
HSK 4
high price
HSK 4
high speed rail
HSK 4
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
HSK 4
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
high temperature
HSK 5
tall; lofty; towering
HSK 5
greater than / to exceed
HSK 5
height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
high tech; high technology
HSK 6
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
peak / summit / height
HSK 6
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
grandeur / noble
HSK 7-9
elderly
HSK 7-9
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
HSK 7-9
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
high blood pressure / hypertension
HSK 7-9
to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high
HSK 7-9
high altitude
HSK 7-9
height; level; (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低) / no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last
HSK 7-9
arrogant / haughty / proud
HSK 7-9
high quota / large amount
HSK 7-9
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
majestic / sublime
HSK 7-9
peak period / rush hour
HSK 7-9
efficient / highly effective
HSK 7-9
excellent / superlative
HSK 7-9
alternately soaring and plunging
HSK 7-9
high mountain; alpine mountain
HSK 7-9
happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight
HSK 7-9
high tech / high technology
HSK 7-9
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
Kaohsiung or Gaoxiong city in south Taiwan
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
lit. place on a high shelf / to pay no attention to (idiom)
Gaozhou, a county-level city in Maoming City 茂名市, Guangdong
to pull up
perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
high voltage
Yanggao county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
pole-vaulting
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
high pitch / soprano / treble
(bird species of China) bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
high pressure washer
high quality
(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
fever / high temperature
higher algebra
haughty and arrogant
high-fructose corn syrup
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
new high
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
pitch (music) / tone
Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan
high interest rate / usurious
can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
macromolecule / polymer
profound mystery
to go far / to escape to faraway places
Gaul
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Catalan architect
higher degree (e.g. equation in math.)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗,個|个) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4]
to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)
highland / upland
methemoglobin
senior high school student
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
(loanword) golf
erhua form of 攀高枝

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