Chinese Word Entry
高分低能| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄍㄠ ㄈㄣ ㄉㄧ ㄋㄥˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | gāo fēn dī néng |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | gou1 fan1 dai1 nang4 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 高 | tall, high, expensive, lofty, elevated, Kangxi radical 189 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄠ (gāo), ㄍㄠˋ (gào) |
| Cantonese: | gou1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou) / たか.い (takai)、 たか (taka)、 -だか (-daka)、 たか.まる (takamaru)、 たか.める (takameru)、 たかさ (takasa) |
| Korean: | 고 (go) |
| Vietnamese: | cao |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 髙 |
| 分 | part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100, divide, small unit of time etc. |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄣ (fēn), ㄈㄣˋ (fèn), ㄈㄣˊ (fén), ㄅㄢˋ (bàn) |
| Cantonese: | fan1 |
| Japanese: | ブン (bun)、 フン (fun)、 ブ (bu) / わ.ける (wakeru)、 わ.け (wake)、 わ.かれる (wakareru)、 わ.かる (wakaru)、 わ.かつ (wakatsu) |
| Korean: | 분 (bun) |
| Vietnamese: | phân, phận |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 份 |
| 低 | lower, short, humble, low, to lower, hang, bend, bow |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧ (dī) |
| Cantonese: | dai1 |
| Japanese: | テイ (tei) / ひく.い (hikui)、 ひく.める (hikumeru)、 ひく.まる (hikumaru) |
| Korean: | 저 (jeo) |
| Vietnamese: | đê, đây |
| 能 | ability, talent, skill, capacity, to be able, can, permitted to |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄋㄥˊ (néng), ㄊㄞˊ (tái), ㄋㄞˊ (nái), ㄋㄞˋ (nài), ㄒㄩㄥˊ (xióng) |
| Cantonese: | nang4 |
| Japanese: | ノウ (nou)、 ダイ (dai) / よ.く (yoku)、 あた.う (atau)、 よくする (yokusuru) |
| Korean: | 능 (neung), 내 (nae) |
| Vietnamese: | năng, nai, nại |