高下

Chinese

		high; tall	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (高下)		高	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoxià

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāoxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaosià
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: gāu-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushiah
  - Palladius: гаося (gaosja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕjä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: gōu hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ haː²²/

Noun

高下

(literary) above and below; high and low
(literary) more or less
(literary) superiority and inferiority

Synonyms

(above and below): 高低 (gāodī), 上下 (shàngxià), (Min Nan) 懸低／悬低

Derived terms

不分高下
分高下 (fēn gāoxià)
高下任心
高下其手
高下在心 (gāoxià zài xīn)
高高下下

一決高下／一决高下 (yījuégāoxià)
一較高下／一较高下 (yījiàogāoxià)
比個高下／比个高下
沒高下／没高下
貴賤高下／贵贱高下
難分高下／难分高下

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	下
こう Grade: 2	げ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 高 (kō, "high") + 下 (ge, "low").

Noun

高(こう)下(げ) • (kōge)

high and low

Synonyms

上下(じょうげ) (jōge)
高低(こうてい) (kōtei)
高卑(こうひ) (kōhi)

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