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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
HSK 1
to raise / to ascend
HSK 5
to raise / to increase / to improve
HSK 2
(a person's) height
HSK 4
(athletics) high jump
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
majestic / sublime
HSK 7-9
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
tallest / highest / supreme (court etc)
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
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 / also pr. [Fan2gao1]
Lego, Danish brand of plastic building blocks
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
old in years
arrogant
to be on the high side / to be unusually high
good-looking
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
(slang) male high school student
(slang) sky-high heels; ultra-high-heeled shoes
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
to raise (price etc)
too high
to pull up
(HK) (name) Michael
to get drunk
elevation / level
(slang) female high school student / all-girls high school
(architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits
to jump
pitch (music) / tone
to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise
lit. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / fig. the more people, the more strength
Yanggao county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
a support / to raise / to bolster / to jack up
(HK) (loanword) disco
new high
pole-vaulting
paramount / supremacy
pole vault / also written 撐桿跳高|撑杆跳高
(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
vocational high school (abbr. for 職業高中|职业高中)
Lingao County, Hainan
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
to be proud of oneself
all-time high
haughty / contemptuous / to have high expectations


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