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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
HSK 1
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
(athletics) high jump
HSK 3
(a person's) height
HSK 4
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
majestic / sublime
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
old in years
new high
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter / also pr. [Fan2gao1]
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
vocational high school (abbr. for 職業高中|职业高中)
to raise (price etc)
too high
to be on the high side / to be unusually high
paramount / supremacy
to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
arrogant
pitch (music) / tone
Lingao County, Hainan
Yanggao county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits
(slang) female high school student / all-girls high school
(HK) (loanword) disco
to jump
haughty / contemptuous / to have high expectations
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
a support / to raise / to bolster / to jack up
to be proud of oneself
(architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
(HK) (name) Michael
all-time high
lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / fig. the more people, the more strength
(slang) male high school student
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
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
pole-vaulting
to get drunk
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou
Shanggao county in Yichun 宜春, Jiangxi
(slang) sky-high heels; ultra-high-heeled shoes
to pull up
pole vault / also written 撐桿跳高|撑杆跳高
elevation / level
(architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging object, such as a beam, pipe or ceiling) / (coll.) a person's height measured without shoes; actual height
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
good-looking


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