自高

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	high; tall
simp. and trad. (自高)		自	高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìgāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ gou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-kô
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìgāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhgao
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-kao¹
    • Yale: dz̀-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhgau
    • Palladius: цзыгао (czygao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ gou¹
    • Yale: jih gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ko
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxkoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹⁻²² ko³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

自高

1. proud of oneself

Synonyms

• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳／嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵／沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 牛氣／牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自大 (zìdà)
• 自恃 (zìshì)
• 自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自負／自负 (zìfù)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高傲 (gāo'ào)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)

 

Derived terms

• 自高自大 (zìgāozìdà)