Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ
Mandarin (Pinyin): gāo
Cantonese (Jyutping): ['gou1']
Definitions:
  1. high

  2. tall

  3. above average

  4. loud

  5. your (honorific)


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Chinese characters used in this word

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
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