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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
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
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
high speed rail
HSK 4
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking
HSK 2
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
HSK 3
(a person's) height
HSK 4
high-rise / high level; high class
HSK 6
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
HSK 4
(athletics) high jump
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
high price
HSK 4
grandeur / noble
HSK 7-9
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
high temperature
HSK 5
peak / summit / height
HSK 6
height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
majestic / sublime
HSK 7-9
high tech; high technology
HSK 6
high commissioner
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
senior student
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
Supreme Court of the United States
altitude sickness / acute mountain sickness / abbr. to 高反
high-end
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
uneven bars (gymnastics)
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
senior high school / abbr. to 高中
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud
(computing) cache
biopolymers
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
high marks / high score
Gundam, Japanese animation franchise / (Tw) Gouda (cheese)
to attain; to reach up to
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
greater than / to exceed
HSK 5
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
tall; lofty; towering
HSK 5
efficient / highly effective
HSK 7-9
Gaochun, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc)
HSK 7-9
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
potassium permanganate
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
(military) high ground / vantage point (providing a good view); commanding position (providing strategic advantage)
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, completed in 2010 / abbr. for 京滬高速鐵路|京沪高速铁路
macromolecule / polymer
highly efficient / effectivity
distinguished neighbor (honorific)
high precision
equally matched / not much to distinguish who is stronger
(bird species of China) Chinese fulvetta (Fulvetta striaticollis)
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
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
Takada (Japanese surname)
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
tenor (singing voice) / a tenor
high tech / high technology
HSK 7-9
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)
Takahashi (Japanese surname)
highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high
HSK 7-9
excellent / superlative
HSK 7-9
high efficiency
Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
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
high quota / large amount
HSK 7-9
to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom) / to outsmart one's opponent
to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up
(loanword) golf
happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight
HSK 7-9

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