"High" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 快感 | kuài gǎn | pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high |  |
| 高位 | gāo wèi | high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc |  |
| 高昂 | gāo áng | to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) | |
| 不菲 | bù fěi | considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) | |
| 凌云 | Líng yún | (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high | |
| 高级 | gāo jí | high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking | |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height / altitude / elevation / high degree / highly / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 高速 | gāo sù | high speed | |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] | |
| 高血压 | gāo xuè yā | high blood pressure / hypertension | |
| 初中 | chū zhōng | junior high school / abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] | |
| 高层 | gāo céng | high level / high class | |
| 高潮 | gāo cháo | high tide / high water / upsurge / climax / orgasm / chorus (part of a song) | |
| 高科技 | gāo kē jì | high tech / high technology | |
| 高档 | gāo dàng | superior quality / high grade / top grade | |
| 高新技术 | gāo xīn jì shù | high tech / high technology | |
| 可达 | kě dá | can reach / can get as high as / up to | |
| 高温 | gāo wēn | high temperature | |
| 占有 | zhàn yǒu | to have / to own / to hold / to occupy / to possess / to account for (a high proportion etc) | |
| 高压 | gāo yā | high pressure / high-handed | |
| 中学生 | zhōng xué shēng | middle-school student / high school student | |
| 高质量 | gāo zhì liàng | high quality | |
| 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain / alpine | |
| 高价 | gāo jià | high price | |
| 老总 | lǎo zǒng | boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer | |
| 发烧 | fā shāo | to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever | |
| 过高 | guò gāo | too high | |
| 发热 | fā rè | to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat | |
| 高性能 | gāo xìng néng | high performance | |
| 高清 | gāo qīng | high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) | |
| 高空 | gāo kōng | high altitude | |
| 高涨 | gāo zhǎng | to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high | |
| 高职 | gāo zhí | vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school | |
| 高分 | gāo fēn | high marks / high score | |
| 国中 | guó zhōng | junior high school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民中學|国民中学[guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2] | |
| 高楼 | gāo lóu | high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] | |
| 高中生 | gāo zhōng shēng | senior high school student | |
| 高薪 | gāo xīn | high salary | |
| 高频 | gāo pín | high frequency | |
| 抢占 | qiǎng zhàn | to seize (the strategic high ground) | |
| 高举 | gāo jǔ | to lift up / to hold high | |
| 新竹 | Xīn zhú | Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan | |
| 大容量 | dà róng liàng | high capacity | |
| 高官 | gāo guān | high official | |
| 高额 | gāo é | high quota / large amount | |
| 凌空 | líng kōng | be high up in the sky | |
| 青云 | qīng yún | clear sky / fig. high official position / noble | |
| 追捧 | zhuī pěng | to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand | |
| 尚书 | shàng shū | high official / government minister | |
| 上校 | shàng xiào | high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel | |
| 高技术 | gāo jì shù | high technology / high tech | |
| 小将 | xiǎo jiàng | (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) | |
| 高处 | gāo chù | high place / elevation | |
| 偏高 | piān gāo | to be on the high side / to be unusually high | |
| 高效率 | gāo xiào lu:4 | high efficiency | |
| 高精度 | gāo jīng dù | high precision | |
| 高产 | gāo chǎn | high yielding | |
| 腾空 | téng kōng | to soar / to rise high into the air | |
| 热度 | rè dù | level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) | |
| 顶峰 | dǐng fēng | peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece | |
| 高级中学 | gāo jí zhōng xué | senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] | |
| 高音 | gāo yīn | high pitch / soprano / treble | |
| 上交 | shàng jiāo | to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places | |
| 兴高采烈 | xìng gāo cǎi liè | happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight | |
| 万丈 | wàn zhàng | lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless | |
| 高潮迭起 | gāo cháo dié qǐ | each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another | |
| 兴致勃勃 | xìng zhì bó bó | to become exhilarated (idiom) / in high spirits / full of zest | |
| 初中生 | chū zhōng shēng | junior high student | |
| 高高在上 | gāo gāo zài shàng | set up on high (idiom) / not in touch with reality / aloof and remote | |
| 高阶 | gāo jiē | high level | |
| 崇敬 | chóng jìng | to revere / to venerate / high esteem | |
| 中招 | zhōng zhāo | senior high school enrollment | |
| 高烧 | gāo shāo | fever / high temperature | |
| 雀跃 | què yuè | excited / in high spirits | |
| 高密度 | gāo mì dù | high density | |
| 参天 | cān tiān | reach high to the sky / tall / of great height | |
| 云端 | yún duān | high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud | |
| 技校 | jì xiào | vocational high school / abbr. for 技工學校|技工学校[ji4 gong1 xue2 xiao4] / abbr. for 技術學校|技术学校[ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4] | |
| 高能 | gāo néng | high energy | |
| 高风险 | gāo fēng xiǎn | high risk | |
| 居高临下 | jū gāo lín xià | lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude | |
| 昂首 | áng shǒu | head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) | |
| 高分辨率 | gāo fēn biàn lu:4 | high resolution | |
| 赞不绝口 | zàn bù jué kǒu | to praise without cease (idiom) / praise sb to high heaven | |
| 太保 | tài bǎo | a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents | |
| 技工学校 | jì gōng xué xiào | vocational high school / abbr. to 技校[ji4 xiao4] | |
| 技术学校 | jì shù xué xiào | vocational high school / abbr. to 技校[ji4 xiao4] | |
| 高发 | gāo fā | (of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence / (old) to score highly in the imperial exams | |
| 高保真 | gāo bǎo zhēn | high fidelity / hi-fi | |
| 高清晰度 | gāo qīng xī dù | high definition (instruments) / high resolution | |
| 上流社会 | shàng liú shè huì | upper class / high society | |
| 重压 | zhòng yā | high pressure / bearing a heavy weight | |
| 欢天喜地 | huān tiān xǐ dì | delighted / with great joy / in high spirits | |
| 高院 | gāo yuàn | high court | |
| 初级中学 | chū jí zhōng xué | junior high school / junior middle school | |
| 击掌 | jī zhǎng | to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five | |
| 治学 | zhì xué | scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study | |
| 荣华富贵 | róng huá fù guì | glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth | |
| 大钱 | dà qián | large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination | |
| 精神抖擞 | jīng shén dǒu sǒu | spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio | |
