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gāo = g + ao1
surname Gao
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gāo = g + ao1
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)
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How to pronounce 高

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ao1 final

In front of the aorta.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

高 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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archaic variant of 坰[jiong1]
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 高 as component

xiāo = xi + ao1
(onom.) sound of arrows
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láo = l + ao2
see 髝髞[lao2 sao4]
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sào = s + ao4
high / imposing / eminent
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Words with 高

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noble / lofty / refined / exquisite
high-heeled shoes
grandeur / noble

Sentences with 高

tiān
wáng
gāo
jiàn
 
 
lǎo
tóu
lǐng
jiào
 
 
lǐng
jiào

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gāo

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