高 (gāo) means Tall (high). Below are 24 of the 35 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这个孩子长得很 高 。
Zhège háizi zhǎng de hěn gāo.
This child has grown very tall.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 高
公园里的树很 高 。
Gōngyuán lǐ de shù hěn gāo.
The trees in the park are very tall.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 树
孩子们 高 兴地笑了。
Háizimen gāoxìng de xiào le.
The children laughed happily.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 地
他的汉语水平很 高 。
Tā de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng hěn gāo.
His level of Chinese is very high.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 水平
From the graded readers
丽丽很 高 ，也很漂亮。
lí lí hěn gāo, yě hěn piàoliang.
Lili is tall and pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
那天下午我很不 高 兴。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ wǒ hěn bù gāoxìng.
I felt low all that afternoon.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
茶是不要钱的。我很 高 兴。
chá shì bùyào qián de / dì. wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
The tea was free. I was very happy.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我很 高 兴，我想学得更好。
wǒ hěn gāoxìng, wǒ xiǎng xué dé / děi / de gènghǎo.
I'm very happy, and I want to get better.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
有这样的朋友，我很 高 兴。
yǒu zhèyàng de / dì péngyou, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I'm very glad to have a friend like her.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
我特别 高 兴，可是也特别害怕。
wǒ tèbié gāoxìng, kěshì yě tèbié hàipà.
I was thrilled, and also terrified.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我的座位在窗户旁边，我很 高 兴。
wǒ de(possessive) zuòwèi zài chuāng hù pángbiān, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
My seat was by the window, which pleased me.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
弟弟很不 高 兴，因为他很想去公园。
dìdi hěn bù gāoxìng, yīnwèi tā hěnxiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My little brother was upset, because he'd really wanted to go.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
From the travel phrasebook
很 高 兴认识您。
Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nín.
Pleased to meet you.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
今天很 高 兴认识您。
Jīntiān hěn gāoxìng rènshi nín.
It was a pleasure meeting you today.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
From the grammar library
高 appears in 35 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 高
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 高
How is 高 used in a sentence?
This page shows 35 sentences using 高 (gāo, "Tall (high)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 高 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 高 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 高 an HSK word?
Yes — 高 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 高?
The dictionary page for 高 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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