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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
HSK 1
happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
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
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
to raise / to ascend
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
elderly
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
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
grandeur / noble
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
efficient / highly effective
HSK 7-9
excellent / superlative
HSK 7-9
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
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
peak period / rush hour
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
to pull up
Yanggao county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class
high pitch / soprano / treble
(bird species of China) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
fever / high temperature
Caucasus / Caucasian
Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan
high interest rate / usurious
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Catalan architect
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗,個|个) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4]
to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise
highland / upland
senior high school student
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
(loanword) golf
higher education
senior high school / abbr. to 高中
forklift
Gundam, Japanese animation franchise / (Tw) Gouda (cheese)
to attain; to reach up to
(loanword) go-kart
Gaoqing county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
supreme court
higher education (abbr. for 高等教育)
high and cold (mountain area)
high performance
high place / elevation
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
high level
stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance
to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
high official
Gaoming, a district of Foshan 佛山市, Guangdong
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
high court
to rise high; to spring up
universities and colleges / abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校
Lingao County, Hainan
(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price but rise throughout the trading session
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company)
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
very able person
high voltage

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