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)⁺
  - Pinyin: gāoxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushiah
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: gōu hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hɑː²²/

Noun

高下

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

Derived terms

一決高下／一决高下
一較高下／一较高下
不分高下
分高下
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

高下 (hiragana こうげ, rōmaji kōge)

high and low

Synonyms

上 (じょう)下 (げ) (jōge)
高 (こう)低 (てい) (kōtei)
高 (こう)卑 (ひ) (kōhi)

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