高
gāoGāo HSK1

high

高 gāo frequency
high adjective
above average in degree, level, or quality

这里的物价很高。

zhè​lǐ de wù​jià hěn gāo.

The cost of living here is very high.

tall adjective
of great physical height

他长得比我高。

tā zhǎng de bǐ wǒ gāo.

He is taller than me.

loud adjective
high in volume or pitch

这台收音机的音量开得太高了，震耳欲聋。

zhè tái shōu​yīn​jī de yīn​liàng kāi de tài gāo le, zhèn'ěr​yù​lóng.

The volume on this radio is turned up too high; it's deafening.

your noun
a polite honorific used to refer to the listener or their belongings

请问您的高姓大名？

qǐng​wèn nín de gāo xìng dà​míng?

May I ask your name?

高 Gāo
Gao proper name
surname Gao

高先生在吗？

Gāo xiān​sheng zài ma?

Is Mr. Gao in?

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
134th most common 1517.0 per million
Movie subtitles
205th most common 854.9 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
221.0 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
705.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+9AD8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)