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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
high speed rail
HSK 4
expressway; highway; freeway
HSK 3
high speed / expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
HSK 3
high temperature
HSK 5
noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
HSK 4
superior quality / high grade / top grade
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *高* | 高* | *高
surname Gao
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
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
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
greater than / to exceed
HSK 5
brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
high marks / high score
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
Gaochun, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
(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
plateau / CL:
HSK 5
overhead / elevated (walkway, highway etc) / elevated road
elderly
HSK 7-9
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
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
macromolecule / polymer
highly efficient / effectivity
high precision
(idiom) teeming with experts
high speed network
Takada (Japanese surname)
potassium permanganate
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)
highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc)
HSK 6
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
high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content
golf course
bread flour / hard flour
high altitude
HSK 7-9
(of a person) slender; tall and thin
senior high school student
high frequency
high quality
tweeter
high resolution
to sing loudly / fig. to mouth slogans
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺 in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗,個|个) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4]
senior executive
high energy (physics)
to highlight (computing) / (of sound) loud and clear / penetrating
Caucasus Mountains
universities and colleges / abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校
high fiber
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
high quota / large amount
HSK 7-9
high-interest loan; usury
tower / CL:
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
cheerful and optimistic / in a good mood / gaily
distinguished neighbor (honorific)
high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position
tall building / high shelf
Gao'an, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市, Jiangxi
student of great ability / talented student
Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist
Isao Takahata (1935-2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli
(idiom) situated high; aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality

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