高级 gāojí▶ cấp cao, thâm niên

Stroke order

高级 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 高 — 10 strokes
• 级 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. high level
2. high grade
3. advanced
4. high-ranking

Related words

• 初级chính; sơ cấp
• 超级siêu
• 高档Cao cấp
• 上级Cấp trên; ưu việt
• 崇高cao cả; cao quý
• 等级cấp; bậc

高级 is pronounced gāojí and means “cấp cao, thâm niên”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 高级 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.