高低

Chinese

		high; tall	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (高低)		高	低
simp. #(高低)		高	低

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gāodī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): годи (godi, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ dai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-tâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-te / ko͘-te
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kau-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāodī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaodi
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-ti¹
    • Yale: gāu-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaudi
    • Palladius: гаоди (gaodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: годи (godi, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔ²⁴ ti²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ dai¹
    • Yale: gōu dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ tɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-tâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ dai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ dai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ tai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-te
    • Tâi-lô: ko-te
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'def
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² te⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-te
    • Tâi-lô: koo-te
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'def
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ te³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-ti
    • MiniDict: kau^平 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

Noun

高低

1. high and low

   • 請小心空隙，並留意月台與車廂地面的高低。 [MSC, trad.]
     请小心空隙，并留意月台与车厢地面的高低。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Hong Kong MTR announcement, East Rail Line

     Qǐng xiǎoxīn kòngxì, bìng liúyì yuètái yǔ chēxiāng dìmiàn de gāodī. [Pinyin]

     Please mind the gap and be aware of the difference in levels between the platform and the train.

2. height
3. (music) pitch
4. superiority or inferiority

   人人平等，沒有什麼高低貴賤之分。 [MSC, trad.]
   人人平等，没有什么高低贵贱之分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rénrén píngděng, méiyǒu shénme gāodī guìjiàn zhī fēn. [Pinyin]

   Everyone is equal — there is no such thing as superiority or inferiority of social status.

5. appropriateness; severity; weight

Synonyms

• (high and low): 高下 (gāoxià), 上下 (shàngxià), (Hokkien) 懸低／悬低
• (superiority and inferiority): 貴賤／贵贱 (guìjiàn)

Derived terms

• 不知高低
• 不識高低／不识高低
• 不顧高低／不顾高低
• 世情看冷暖，人面逐高低
• 人面逐高低
• 出手見高低／出手见高低
• 比個高低／比个高低
• 牙縫高低／牙缝高低
• 眉眼高低
• 見高低／见高低
• 言語高低／言语高低
• 高低不平
• 高低槓／高低杠 (gāodīgàng)
• 高低起伏
• 高高低低

 

See also

• 高度 (gāodù)

Adverb

高低

1. anyhow; no matter what; in any case
2. in the end; finally; eventually

Synonyms

• (eventually):

• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	低
こう Grade: 2	てい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 高 (kō, "high") + 低 (tei, "low").

Noun

高(こう)低(てい) • (kōtei) 

1. high and low

Synonyms

• 上下(じょうげ) (jōge)
• 高下(こうげ) (kōge)
• 高卑(こうひ) (kōhi)