Pictographic: A tall palaceRadical:

meaning for gāo:

  • - high
  • - tall
  • - above average
  • - loud
  • - your (honorific)to raise
  • - to increase
  • - to improvehappy
  • - glad
  • - willing (to do sth)
  • - in a cheerful moodheight
  • - altitude
  • - elevation
  • - high degree
  • - highly
  • - Classifiers: 个 high level
  • - high grade
  • - advanced
  • - high-rankinguniversities and colleges
  • - abbr. for 高等学校

bàba爸爸
érzi儿子
yíyàng一样
gāo

The father and son are equally tall.


yǒu
duō
gāo

How tall are you?


zhèlǐ这里
hǎibá海拔
jiējìn接近
qiānmǐ千米
gāo

The elevation here is close to one kilometer.


gèzi个子
suīrán虽然
gāo
dànshì但是
gǔjià骨架
xìxiǎo细小

Although he is tall, his frame is small.


gāo
yìdiǎn一点

I am a little taller than you.