Tall in Chinese (Mandarin): 高 (gāo)
高
gāo
tall
- Simplified
- 高
- Traditional
- 高
- Pinyin
- gāo
- Typed as
- gao
Use it in a sentence
长颈鹿很高。
長頸鹿很高。
The giraffe is very tall.
The characters in 高
高
Tall, high. It began as a drawing of a tall tower.
10 strokes
First tone. Happy is 高兴 (gāoxìng), "high spirits", and how tall? is 多高？ (duō gāo?).
More examples with 高
爸爸很高。
Bàba hěn gāo.
Dad is tall.
这座山很高。
這座山很高。
Zhè zuò shān hěn gāo.
This mountain is high.
How to write 高 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
高 10 strokes
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