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): ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaosià
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: gāu-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushiah
    • Palladius: гаося (gaosja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• 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

1. (literary) above and below; high and low
2. (literary) more or less
3. (literary) superiority and inferiority

Synonyms

• (above and below): 高低 (gāodī), 上下 (shàngxià), (Hokkien) 懸低／悬低

Derived terms

• 一決高下／一决高下 (yījuégāoxià)
• 一較高下／一较高下 (yījiàogāoxià)
• 不分高下
• 分高下 (fēn gāoxià)
• 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
• 高下任心
• 高下其手
• 高下在心 (gāoxià zài xīn)
• 高高下下

 

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) 

1. high and low

Synonyms

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