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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
HSK 1
senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学
HSK 2
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
HSK 1
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
HSK 4
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
high speed rail
HSK 4
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
HSK 3
high temperature
HSK 5
(a person's) height
HSK 4
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
HSK 4
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
(athletics) high jump
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)
peak / summit / height
HSK 6
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
high price
HSK 4
to walk on stilts
majestic / sublime
HSK 7-9
high tech; high technology
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
vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员) / (Tw) vocational high school
grandeur / noble
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti)
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
high-end
promotion (honorific)
to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / fig. the more people, the more strength
greater than / to exceed
HSK 5
biopolymers
contour line
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
high marks / high score
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
tall; lofty; towering
HSK 5
efficient / highly effective
HSK 7-9
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
elderly
HSK 7-9
a support / to raise / to bolster / to jack up
wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific)
polymer chemistry
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
HSK 7-9
golf / golf ball
HSK 7-9
high tech / high technology
HSK 7-9
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
(military) high ground / vantage point (providing a good view); commanding position (providing strategic advantage)
profound mystery
tall person / (of a person) tall
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
(of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence / (old) to score highly in the imperial exams
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
Lingao County, Hainan
macromolecule / polymer
highly efficient / effectivity
high precision
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
Supreme Court of the United States
(idiom) teeming with experts
high speed network
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
Takada (Japanese surname)
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
all-time high
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
to sing the high part / to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
potassium permanganate
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high
HSK 7-9
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view / acute foresight
(computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
to spread one's wings and soar (idiom) / to develop one's abilities freely
top-notch efficiency
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
happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight
HSK 7-9
excellent / superlative
HSK 7-9
high efficiency
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
Shanggao, a county in Yichun City 宜春市, Jiangxi
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

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