高
Meaning
- high
- tall
- above average
Example sentence
你真高啊！
How tall you are!
The character 高
高 draws a tall building: roof, upper storey, doorway below. High and tall — 高中 senior school, 高速公路 the fast road — and it lifts other words too: 提高 to raise, 高兴, a raised mood, meaning pleased.
Words containing 高
- 高兴 gāo xìng happy
- 高级 gāo jí high level
- 高中 gāo zhōng senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)
- 提高 tí gāo to raise
- 高速 gāo sù high speed
- 高速公路 gāo sù gōng lù expressway; highway; freeway
- 跳高 tiào gāo (athletics) high jump
- 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water
- 高价 gāo jià high price
- 高尚 gāo shàng noble
- 高铁 gāo tiě high speed rail
- 身高 shēn gāo (a person's) height