高 gāo▶ alto

Stroke order

高 is written in 10 strokes.

• 高

Senses

1. high
2. tall
3. above average
4. loud
5. your (honorific)

Example sentences

• 哥哥很高。Gēge hěn gāo.Older brother is tall.
• 那个人比我高。Nà ge rén bǐ wǒ gāo.That person is taller than me.

Related words

• 提高aumentar
• 高兴feliz
• 高速公路Autopista
• 高档De alta calidad
• 高级mayor
• 崇高elevado

高 is pronounced gāo and means “alto”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 高 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.